Reports

By Charles Mangwiro MALEMA, Mozambique, April 30 (Reuters) - International donors are ready to help Zimbabwe's ailing economy recover as soon as the government proves it is committed to economic and social change, a World Bank official said on Wednesday. "Zimbabwe…

HARARE , 30 April 2008 (IRIN) - Children are not being spared the impact of Zimbabwe's post-election violence. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Zimbabwe told IRIN its work was being hampered by the countrywide violence, which, according to widespread…

By Howard Lesser Washington, DC, 30 April 2008 - Authorities in Zimbabwe have just released more than 200 Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) activists rounded up and jailed in the capital, Harare, last Friday. Amid reports of beatings and intimidation,…

Wayne Munroe, a farmer in Nymandlovhu (just outside Bulawayo in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe), has been under siege since early this morning. His property has been encircled by in excess of 100 "war veterans". He phoned the police in Nymandlovhu to inform…

By Cris Chinaka HARARE, April 30 (Reuters) - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe's presidential election, winning 47 percent of the vote against the president's 43 percent, senior government sources said on Wednesday. One source, declining to be…

Schools crisis deepens as staff flee reported reign of terror by government loyalists. By Wonder Madiro in Harare (ZCR No. 144, 30-Apr-08) Hundreds of rural schools in Zimbabwe are battling to reopen for the new term this week because most teachers have…

A broad coalition of Zimbabwean churches is speaking out against a political crackdown that is underway in their country following disputed national elections on March 29. By Tim Shenk April 30, 2008, AKRON, Pa./STRASBOURG, France - A broad coalition of Zimbabwean…

UN must move from rhetoric into action Trócaire has issued the following statement on the Zimbabwe crisis in conjunction with CIDSE and the Ecumenical Zimbabwe network. CIDSE and the Ecumenical Zimbabwe Network, as agencies supporting relief and development work in Zimbabwe…

The United Nations stands ready to support regional diplomacy to help end the political crisis in Zimbabwe, where violence has flared after last month's presidential elections, the world body's political chief, B. Lynn Pascoe, said today. Speaking after briefing the…

By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE, April 29 (Reuters) - Verification of Zimbabwe's disputed presidential election results is to start on Thursday, more than a month after the vote to decide whether President Robert Mugabe remains in power. State radio said the Zimbabwe…