Rapports

To mark African Day on Human and Peoples' Rights on 21 October, Amnesty International's Secretary General, Irene Khan, has written to South African President Thabo Mbeki expressing the organization's concern regarding the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe. Over 13,500…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] HARARE, 21 October (IRIN) - A Zimbabwean state-owned newspaper last week carried a controversial cartoon which attempted to extol the merits of agrarian reform in a country with an…

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Britain said Monday that it would give Zimbabwe 14 million pounds sterling for supplementary food for children and vulnerable adults in rural areas to avert mass starvation due to drought, now in its second year. The…

JOHANNESBURG, 18 October (IRIN) - The European Commission (EC) has donated US $60 million to the World Food Programme (WFP's) emergency response to the Southern Africa food crisis, the UN agency said on Friday. "This huge donation has thrown a lifeline…

JOHANNESBURG, 18 October (IRIN) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it had suspended food aid distribution in Insiza district in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland South province "until further notice", following the seizure of food by ruling ZANU-PF activists…

HARARE, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The U.N.'s food agency said on Friday it had suspended food distribution in a Zimbabwe district after supporters of President Robert Mugabe's ruling party grabbed a food consignment and distributed it without authority. "WFP has…

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Annualised inflation in Zimbabwe hit a record 139.9 percent last month, up from 135.1 percent in August, a government statistics agency reported. The Central Statistical Office (CSO) attributed the rise of soaring food prices to drought. Zimbabwe's…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Despite the rising humanitarian costs of the crisis in Zimbabwe, the international community remains deeply divided about its response, allowing President Mugabe to believe that he can exploit the policy fissure between broadly the West and…

UN updates the Consolidated Appeal The UNCT completed the review of Zimbabwe's Consolidated Appeal on 7 October 2002. Emphasis was placed on the development and implementation of an integrated emergency response among all UN agencies prioritising the…

Sheryl Haw (Operation Director) It is being predicted by WFP that Zimbabwe will be the worst affected country in the current food crisis in southern Africa. Already, one third of the people in the country require emergency food assistance…