Reports

JOHANNESBURG, 12 December (IRIN) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that Zimbabwe's humanitarian and economic crises could dramatically reverse its impressive post-independence education gains. To mark the launch this week of the global report, "State of the World's Children",…

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Health authorities in Zimbabwe said Tuesday five more people had died of cholera in the northwestern town of Kariba, bringing the death toll to 17 since the disease broke out several weeks ago. Health ministry spokesman,…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report titled "Southern Africa Region - Complex Food Security Crisis" was dated March 18, 2003. BACKGROUND Zimbabwe continues to…

JOHANNESBURG, 5 December (IRIN) A task force has been established to assist the rapidly increasing number of street children in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. Ron Pouwels, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) project officer for child protection, told IRIN on Friday that an…

SG/SM/9057, AFR/785 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Abuja, Nigeria, today, 5 December: I send my greetings to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, to Secretary-General McKinnon, and to President Obasanjo and…

HARARE, 3 December (IRIN) - The Norwegian Agency for Development on Tuesday earmarked approximately US $1.1 million for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Zimbabwe to purchase and distribute essential medicines. An acute shortage of foreign currency has crippled the health…

World AIDS day celebrated with the launch of a new initiative The United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) commemorated World AIDS day with the launch of a new campaign that has as its target the provision of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs)…

HARARE, Dec 1, 2003 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Zimbabwe's Grain Marketing Board ( GMB) here on Monday issued tenders for the importation of 150,000 tons of maize and 50,000 tons of wheat to bolster the government's emergency food program. The…

Background The National NGO Food Security Network (FOSENET) involves 24 organisations that collectively cover ALL districts of Zimbabwe, and all types of communities. FOSENET members subscribe that food distribution in Zimbabwe must be based on a platform of ethical principles…

World Vision and its community partners in Zimbabwe have been highly commended by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Southern Africa Famine Emergency Response (SAFER) for their exemplary food distribution model. It's impressive praise considering the…