Reports

(Extract) Zimbabwe: Caring for Zimbabwe's Homeless UMCOR is joining other faith-based humanitarian agencies to provide basic necessities to hundreds of thousands of people recently displaced from their homes and jobs in Zimbabwe. Tents, cooking utensils, soap, and emergency food are among…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 27 June (IRIN) - A senior United Nations official has described the failure of African Union (AU) leaders to intervene in the forced eviction of informal settlers…

Press Release No. 05/151 A staff mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Zimbabwe during June 13-25, 2005 in the context of the 2005 Article IV Consultation discussions and ahead of the Fund Executive Board's consideration of the issue…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] BULAWAYO, 27 June (IRIN) - The Zimbabwean government has agreed to allow aid groups to offer humanitarian assistance to the hundreds of thousands of people being displaced in…

As United Nations human rights experts expressed concern about human rights violations resulting from the Zimbabwean Government's eviction of illegal dwellers, the chief of the UN programme on sustainable housing arrived in the southern African country to review the humanitarian…

SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS The 2004/05 agricultural season was well below average and the worst since 2003. National maize production was just under half of the five-year average, about 600,000 MT according to estimates from international agencies, or…

HARARE, June 24 (Reuters) - United Nations children's charity UNICEF is stepping up operations to feed and help children affected by Zimbabwe's crackdown on shanty towns and informal traders, the agency said on Friday. The six-week-old crackdown, which President Robert Mugabe's…

The following statement was issued today by a group of ten-UN experts: 1. The undersigned Special Procedures mandate holders of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights are deeply concerned by the recent mass forced evictions in Zimbabwe, and related human…

Amnesty International rejected claims by the African Union (AU) today that it would not be "proper" for the AU to interfere in the "internal" affairs of Zimbabwe. "The people of Zimbabwe are being sold out - in the interests of…

UNICEF in Zimbabwe issues an urgent appeal for funds to continue supporting tens of thousands of children affected by ongoing evictions GENEVA/HARARE, 24 June 2005 - UNICEF today further stepped up its operations to reach the children and women currently affected…