Zimbabwe
Dewa Mavhinga Senior Researcher, Africa Division Last week, Zimbabwe’s Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the government is developing laws to make it a criminal offense to pay lobola (bride wealth) for girls under age 18. It was…
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Sebastian Mhofu CHIPINGE, ZIMBABWE — Here at Chachacha village in southeast Zimbabwe, men force their cattle into a truck bound for market. Drought brought on by particularly severe El Nino weather patterns has left 14 million people…
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Because of the drought in Zimbabwe, Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation deliver 440 tons of rice to reduce crisis of the food shortage. The relief mission benefit almost 200,000 in 42,000 families. In Mt Darwin, Mashonaland…
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Zimbabwe’s Minister of Water, Environment and Climate, Oppah Muchinguri has decried lack of sufficient clean water as a stumbling block to achieving gender equality. She said girls were often forced to miss school because of searching…
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THEMATIC OVERVIEW Theme: Uncharted Territory Current political dynamics have ushered the country in general and Zanu-PF in particular into uncharted territory with unprecedented developments occurring. The humiliating water cannon attack on war veterans who for long have been…
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Appeal History: This Emergency Appeal was launched on 16 September 2015 for CHF 832,900 Swiss francs to support the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) reach 10,830 people with interventions covering cash transfers (for immediate food need); safe…
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HIGHLIGHTS A total of 31.6 million people are food insecure in the region, according to the Southern Africa Food and Nutrition Security Working Group. This figure represents the number of food insecure people at the peak of…
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By Andrew Mambondiyani MUTARE, Zimbabwe, Mar 22 2016 (IPS) - A narrow dirty trail snakes through what used to be a small dam in Mpudzi Resettlement Scheme south of the eastern border city of Mutare. And what…
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Highlights United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe, His Excellency Mr. Harry K. Thomas Jnr, officially hands over a US$10 million contribution to WFP at a signing ceremony held in Harare on 3 March, 2016. WFP extends its Lean Season…
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Bulawayo, 19 March 2016 – A two-day field visit to Matabeleland North to appraise humanitarian and development projects and to raise awareness on the seriousness of the El Niño induced drought in the province has been…