Reports

INTRODUCTION The severity of the HIV epidemic in Southern Africa cannot be overstated. Globally, there are an estimated 43 million people infected with HIV. Some 25 million people infected with HIV, 66 percent of the global burden, live in sub-Saharan…

Executive Summary "Operation Murambatsvina" and "Operation Restore Order" are the code names used by the police for a massive operation that began in Zimbabwe towards the end of May. This nationwide campaign, which has been conducted in the cities and…

Introduction "Operation Murambatsvina/Restore Order" was launched by the Government on Friday 20 May 2005 after extensive consultations among stakeholders. The Operation has largely involved the Ministries of Local Government, Public Works and Urban Development, Home Affairs, and Small and Medium Enterprises…

HARARE, June 30 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's government plans to import 1.8 million tonnes of maize after drought slashed domestic output, the official Herald newspaper reported on Thursday. "Government has put in place measures to import 1.8 million tonnes…

Amnesty International has received information that at least three have died -- including a pregnant woman and a four-year-old child -- during a chaotic mass eviction at least 10,000 people from Porta Farm, an informal settlement on the outskirts…

by Varaidzo Dongozi, Zimbabwe Red Cross and Tapiwa Gomo in Harare "All I need now are blankets for my 19-year-old boy," said Maria Ndlovu of Kuwadza high density suburb. "It is culturally unacceptable for me to share the same…

Brussels, 30 June 2005: The international community must take bold new action to address the worsening crisis in Zimbabwe. The government's blitz campaign to evict people from their homes or markets -- called Operation Murambatsvina, or "Drive Out Rubbish" -- has…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] BULAWAYO, 29 June (IRIN) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted a bleak future for the Zimbabwean economy, saying unless there is a major shift in the…

By Ndimyake Mwakalyelye Washington, 29 June 2005 - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's announcement that Harare has earmarked Z$3 trillion dollars to build homes for those displaced by the state clean-up operation has met with widespread skepticism. Economists and political analysts…

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy, evaluating the humanitarian aspects of the recent evictions of some 200,000 poor people from illegal housing in Zimbabwe, met President Robert Mugabe in the southern African country today and got the green light…