Reports

The UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Humanitarian Needs in Southern Africa visits Zimbabwe while WFP waits to hear whether the government will ask for international assistance to meet a food shortfall this year. Zimbabwe will be the last stop…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 31 May (IRIN) - Aid agencies in Zimbabwe were gearing up on Tuesday to assist the thousands of people leaving the capital as a result of the…

[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] BULAWAYO, 30 May 2005 (IRIN) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has endorsed an ongoing crackdown by the police on illegal settlements and the parallel economy in a…

Michael Hartnack | Harare Zimbabwean church representatives on Sunday denounced the week-long crackdown against street traders and shack dwellers, while police continued arrests and demolition work. In the capital's crowded southern townships, residents were reportedly putting boulders across roads to hinder…

Michael Hartnack | Harare, Zimbabwe Police in Zimbabwe continued demolishing thousands of shacks and vendors' kiosks in opposition strongholds on Monday, burning a 10km-long line of curio stalls along the road near Victoria Falls. A spokesperson for the main opposition Movement…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] HARARE, 30 May 2005 (IRIN) - Thousands of Harare residents are still fleeing the capital after armed police continued demolishing illegal dwellings and stalls belonging to informal traders on…

Major increases in the price of the staple diet of bread and maize meal went into effect on Saturday in Harare, but the Zimbabwean capital was reported quiet after a weeklong blitz on street traders and shack dwellers that…

Harare (dpa) - Zimbabwe's police chief has warned Harare's residents not to become "cannon fodder" in an operation to crack down on criminal activities countrywide, a newspaper said Friday. Augustine Chihuri made the remark Thursday as more than 3,000 paramilitary police…

Harare (dpa) - Zimbabwe's government has revised initial estimates of those in need of food aid upwards to nearly three million, but says the figure could be higher, a newspaper report said Friday. The state-controlled Herald quoted Sydney Mhishi, a director…

By Peter Apps MACHINGA, Malawi, May 27 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will probably allow the United Nations to launch a major food aid operation to help alleviate the impact of a late season drought across the region, the U.N. special envoy…