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A top United Nations humanitarian official today appealed for massive international assistance to help alleviate the severe humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe, without which she warned the situation was going to get much, much worse. Addressing a press conference today at United…

ZIMBABWE EVICTIONS COME AT A HEAVY COST With little or no warning, the Government of Zimbabwe in May 2005 embarked on an operation to "clean up" its cities. "Operation Murambatsvina", or Operation Restore Order, started in the capital Harare and…

"I am a humanitarian worker, and it is my job to coordinate relief operations for vulnerable peoples around the world. It is, therefore, with regret that I confirm today that I cannot, as I have hoped, launch an agreed…

In a press conference at Headquarters on 23 July, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) told reporters that the deepening humanitarian crisis in southern Africa was perhaps the most severe and urgent dilemma the facing the…

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched a massive appeal to provide emergency food relief to six countries in southern Africa, where some 12.8 million people are threatened with starvation over the next nine months. Announcing the appeal at…

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today described the situation in Zimbabwe as "worrisome" but said he was encouraged by his telephone conversations with President Mugabe and the indications that the Zimbabwean leader was taking steps to ease tensions. Responding to questions from…