Reports

Harare_(dpa) _ Two people have died and 23 are in hospital following an outbreak of cholera, the highly contagious diarrhoeal disease, in one of Harare's crowded townships, health officials said Thursday. The outbreak occurred on Monday in Chitungwiza, a dormitory township…

SUMMARY Maize available in Zimbabwe for the 2000/01 marketing year (April - March) is expected to reach about 2.54 million tons. This supply is made up of an estimated gross harvest in 2000 of about 2.1 million tons, 357,000 tons…

JOHANNESBURG, 29 August (IRIN) - The food security unit of the 14-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) reported in its latest update that while this year's floods had negatively affected the cereal production of many of the region's countries, other…

SOUTHERN AFRICA: HIV/AIDS grants exceed US $31.5 million Five countries in the sub-Saharan region are to receive grants of more than US $7.5 million to support medical research and community outreach and education projects on HIV/AIDS by the pharmecutical company Bristol-Myers…

Zimbabwe Unseasonal periods of rain experienced throughout the country in the first and second weeks of May caused large pre- and post-harvest grain losses. In communal areas and resettlement schemes of Chiredzi District in Masvingo Province, maize…

From CRS Quarterly Newsletter Summer 2000 Volume 6, Number 1 "The water came in the afternoon," said Lilian Kumbula, one of more than 1200 people displaced by flooding in the village of Chiso in Manicaland. "We closed up our houses…

Ref: OCHA/GVA-2000/0117 Zimbabwe - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 6 16 June 2000 Situation This report summarizes the information on the impact of cyclone, Eline, as well as subsequent flooding in February and March 2000 in Zimbabwe, based on the report from the…

HARARE, June 1 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Thursday welcomed South Africa's help in raising money abroad to buy white-owned farms and hand them over to landless blacks. South African President Thabo Mbeki's office said on Tuesday that…

Opposition leader criticises Mugabe Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) this week accused President Robert Mugabe of triggering and perpetuating political turmoil and violence in Zimbabwe. At a news conference in the capital, Harare, Tsvangirai said President…

Zimbabwe Despite a longer than usual 1999/2000 rainy season and extremely wet conditions in more than two-thirds of the country, the most productive agricultural zones in the northeastern part of Zimbabwe largely escaped the worst effects of cyclones Eline and…