Reports

This report covers the period of 01/01/08 to 30/06/08. In brief Programme purpose: Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) programmes are focused on reducing suffering amongst the most vulnerable people, through the implementation of programmes to mitigate the effects of disasters and diseases. Programme…

CARE International in Zimbabwe was pleased today to receive notice the Government of Zimbabwe will permit registered humanitarian organisations to resume full operations, effective immediately. The announcement was made in a press statement from Mr. L.C. Museka, Permanent Secretary of…

JOHANNESBURG, 29 August 2008 (IRIN) Zimbabwe has lifted the ban on some non-governmental organisations (NGOs), but aid agencies have been cautious in their response. A notice from the social welfare ministry on 29 August announced the lifting of the ban,…

Aid agency Oxfam today cautiously welcomed the announcement by the government of Zimbabwe that the ban on aid agencies and NGOs involved in humanitarian and development work would be lifted with immediate effect. Oxfam was forced to suspend all fieldwork in…

Today Save the Children was given the green light to get back to delivering life-saving aid to children in Zimbabwe, after being unable to operate fully for five months. The aid agency's 120-strong team is now heading back to…

SG/SM/11766 AFR/1741 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of the Government of Zimbabwe to lift the suspension of field operations of non-governmental and private voluntary organizations (NGOs and PVOs). This…

Matthew Cochrane, Communications Manager, Southern Africa On 6 August, the IFRC appealed for almost 28 million Swiss francs to provide urgent assistance to hundreds of thousands of people affected by chronic food shortages in Zimbabwe. According to a June 2008 UN…

CHIVA, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - Hungry residents of a village in Masvingo Province, in southeastern Zimbabwe, have acquired an unusual skill: they have learnt to listen for trucks carrying food aid. Elijah Banguza, 69, has become the village expert and…

by Own Correspondent JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe's opposition said on Wednesday it will not join any government formed by President Robert Mugabe before conclusion of negotiations meant to bring the country's feuding political parties into an all-inclusive government of national…

Opposition members' behaviour is direct challenge to a president who has never endured public humiliation of this kind. By Mike Nyoni in Harare (ZCR No. 160, 27-Aug-08) Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe had a baptism of fire at the opening of the new…