Reports

OVERVIEW In response to a severe drought associated with the 2015/16 El Niño episode, the Southern African Development Community launched a regional humanitarian appeal in July 2016 for $2.4 billion to support the needs of the affected…

1. Introduction: This report updates the food security situation of rural livelihoods in Zimbabwe for March. The analysis is based on secondary data, Focus Group Discussion (FGDs) findings, markets interviews, and telephone interviews with traders. 2. Major Highlights The…

Highlights WFP launches its five-year Country Strategic Plan (2017-2021), strengthening its resilience and social protection work in the country. WFP extends Leas Season Assistance (LSA) by a month to April 2017 in 13 Districts, in order to discourage…

Highlights Maize price trends were mixed in February in the region. Tanzania and the DRC saw significant month-on-month (m-o-m) price increase of their main staple. Zambia and especially Tanzania registered the highest increase in the number of…

Executive Summary The Zimbabwe Peace Project recorded various human rights violations in the month of March. Civic and political rights violations were recorded in both urban areas and rural areas. In urban areas the violations were mainly the…

Sebastian Mhofu HARARE, ZIMBABWE — In Zimbabwe, a tractor loaded with tobacco arrives at an auction floor in Harare driven by farmers from Hurungwe area, about 300 kilometers north of the capital. One of them is Felix Tarutsvira. "I…

Every year during his school holidays, 11-year-old Maphioss visits his grandfather in Kapfudza village on Zimbabwe’s north-west border with Mozambique. Almost 200 km from the capitol city, Kapfudza is a small agricultural village of around 2,000…

Key points: Food security has improved thanks to humanitarian assistance and the early harvest Food prices have dropped due to reduced market demand as households start to consume their own produce Households headed by women were more likely to…

The Zimbabwe Peace Project is concerned about the dire human rights situation at Manzou farm were families have been evicted and the Rivers farm where they have been relocated. Families that have been evicted from Manzou Farm…

29 March 2017, Harare - A high level meeting jointly convened today by the Government and the United Nations brought together some 150 senior officials from Government, UN, Development Partners and Civil Society Organizations to validate…