Reports

by Njabulo Ncube Harare, Apr 28, 2005 (Financial Gazette/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) - Despite claims that Zimbabwe realised an all-time high maize harvest of 2,4 million tonnes in the 2003/2004 agricultural season, the erstwhile regional breadbasket has…

HARARE, April 28 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's government will import 1.2 million tonnes of the staple maize grain in the coming months to make up for a shortfall in national output as the country faces food shortages, state media said…

by Felix Njini Harare, Apr 28, 2005 (Financial Gazette/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -The local industry, already limping owing to the current economic recession, might sink deeper into crisis because of the resurgence of electricity cuts, analysts told…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 26 Apr 2005 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe has turned to Zambia, Uganda and Tanzania for grain imports as the state Grain Marketing Board (GMB) attempts to restock the…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 25 Apr 2005 (IRIN) - A Zimbabwean NGO, the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), has urged political parties to boycott elections until the country gets a new…

HARARE, Apr 25, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Zimbabwe government has availed a 600 billion Zimbabwean dollars (about 96.8 million US dollars) loan up from 215 billion Zimbabwean dollars (about 34.7 million US dollars ) it released last…

IRI's Africa director terms Mugabe tactics less violent than usual but effective By Jim Fisher-Thompson, Washington File Staff Writer Washington - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's regime was less violently intimidating than usual in recent parliamentary elections, says elections expert Jeff Krilla --…

Following the sixth Zimbabwean parliamentary election that took place on 31 March against a backdrop of severe economic, social and political crisis, ActionAid International is calling for a governance system that will benefit the poorest and most vulnerable Zimbabweans. It…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 22 Apr 2005 (IRIN) - The government of Zimbabwe is in the process of recruiting doctors and medical specialists from Cuba and Egypt to alleviate the shortage…

Executive Summary Operating in several countries in Southern Africa, the Consortium for Southern Africa Food Security Emergency (C-SAFE)1, understood that HIV/AIDS urgently needed to be mainstreamed into its programming portfolio. To facilitate this process, member agencies conducted a study of…