Reports

Situational Update Floods alarm has been raised by the Civil Protection Unit (CPU) as heavy rains continue to fall across most of the country. The Zambezi valley and other low lying areas risk suffering the floods. The City…

Harare (dpa) - Flash floods are expected soon along the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers in Zimbabwe and villagers have been asked to move to higher ground, reports said Friday. Pounding rains have caused the Zambezi river to flood in nearby…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 183 countries. In Brief Appeal No. 05EA016; Operations…

The projects, implemented jointly by the Swedish Cooperative Centre and the Midlands Aids Service Organisation (MASO), seek to mitigate the effects of drought and HIV and AIDS on food security for vulnerable households and communities through enhanced production of sweet…

HARARE - Cases of tuberculosis (TB) are on the increase in Zimbabwe as the country battles a severe foreign currency shortage to buy drugs to cure the disease, a senior health official told ZimOnline on Wednesday. The official who refused…

JOHANNESBURG - A Methodist bishop assisting Zimbabwean refugees on Tuesday said two South African banks had pledged to raise about 1.3 million rand to help refurbish a building in Johannesburg to house refugees. Bishop Paul Verryn told ZimOnline yesterday that the…

[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] Johannesburg, 29 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - Zimbabwean activists have reacted with caution to the government's proposal to set up a human rights body. The official Herald newspaper reported that…

Summary and implications The cost of living in Zimbabwe continued to rise at an alarming rate. The annual rate of inflation scaled new heights to the unprecedented level of 913.6 percent in March 2006. Between February and…

HARARE -- A consignment of sanitary pads donated to Zimbabwean women will finally be allowed into the country after the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) agreed to pay US$7 000 duty to the country's revenue authority. The sanitary pads,…

BULAWAYO - Ntokozo Tshuma thought her long-cherished dream of owning a decent house was finally becoming a reality when she was allocated an incomplete house in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb under a reconstruction programme initiated by the government weeks after…