Rapports

Visit of UN Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa Stephen Lewis, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, visited Zimbabwe from 4 to 8 December 2002. His message was that unless there is an urgent and effective response to…

JOHANNESBURG, 10 December (IRIN) A call for mass action to protest food and fuel shortages in Zimbabwe went largely unheeded on Tuesday as most employees arrived at work. But organisers of the stayaway dismissed reports suggesting that the strike was…

JOHANNESBURG, 9 December (IRIN) A potential water crisis in Zimbabwe's capital Harare was averted on Monday after the Reserve Bank announced that it would provide US $500,000 for the purchase of water purifying chemicals. Since last week water supplies to…

HIGHLIGHTS Special Envoy addresses Security Council The Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Mr. James Morris, addressed the Security Council on 3 December 2002, among other things about the crisis in Southern Africa. Large donation for NGOs The U.S. government granted…

JOHANNESBURG, 6 December (IRIN) - Close to 60,000 children across Zimbabwe are expected to benefit from a supplementary feeding scheme from December to March next year, World Vision said on Friday. The organisation's Harare office said US $17,000 had been…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] HARARE, 4 December (IRIN) - Sheila Makumbo, a former soldier popularly known as "Yondo Sister" counts herself among the lucky few women who have benefited from Zimbabwe's…

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) said Tuesday it would conduct a survey on the plight of hundreds of thousands of Zimbabwean farm workers left stranded after the government confiscated land from their white employers for…

JOHANNESBURG, 2 December (IRIN) - Steps have been taken at Zimbabwe's Tongogara refugee camp to stamp out allegations of sexual abuse following two incidents at the camp earlier this year, David Mlambo, UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) administrator…

JOHANNESBURG, 2 December (IRIN) - Two people have died of cholera in an outbreak in Tongwe, near Zimbabwe's Beit Bridge, forcing authorities to close the local school to contain the spread of the disease. In addition, 24 people in the…

by Marko Kokic in Shurugwi In the middle of the forest, Peter stands knee deep in cold, muddy water in a pit he has dug. He swirls the water in a wooden pan, hoping it will yield enough…