Reports

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The political environment throughout the country has remained relatively peaceful despite a rise in number of politically motivated human violations recorded during the month. There were 286 incidents witnessed in January up from the 213…

Food insecurity to worsen during the peak of the lean season due to humanitarian funding shortfalls Key Messages As the lean season progresses the food security situation is deteriorating and based on earlier projections by the ZIM VAC,…

Sebastian Mhofu HARARE — The U.N. World Food Program said it might have to scale back its efforts to ease food shortages in Zimbabwe as international funding for the exercise has fallen short. Zimbabwe -- once…

MASVINGO – At a ceremony in Masvingo today, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) thanked the Ambassador of Japan, Yonezo Fukuda, for his country’s donation of US$4.2 million to boost food and nutrition security among…

(extract) The right to safe and clean water This bulletin explains water as a fundamental human right in Zimbabwe. Water is the essence of life. Safe and clean drinking water, like sanitation, is indispensable to the sustenance of…

by Clayton Masekesa A young pregnant woman in rural Nyamaropa in Nyanga district, Caroline Mangondoza prepares to give birth at home with her mother and her husband Joseph Mandisodza. Giving birth the traditional way is still a common…

Loirdham Moyo MUTARE — The Zimbabwe Network of People Living Positively with HIV and AIDS (ZNPP+) says people showing tuberculosis symptoms should get tested early to avoid any form of drug resistance. The ZNPP+ Manicaland coordinator Moses Chananuka…

Thomas Chiripasi HARARE — The United States on Friday provided Zimbabwe with $95 million as Washington increased its support to Harare in the fight against HIV/Aids and related illnesses. The U.S. government released the funds through the President’s…

Zimbabwean youth, tourism, water and sanitation, transportation, emergency power, and public finances are all slated to receive a major boost in 2014 from the African Development Bank Group (AfDB). In a signing ceremony on 22 January between…

HARARE, 28 January 2014 (IRIN) - A Zimbabwe state mechanism designed to promote food security is being blamed for exacerbating the country’s chronic food shortages. The failure by the 83-year-old state-run Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to pay…