Reports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] BULAWAYO, 29 March (IRIN) - Food has become a key issue of the parliamentary election campaign in drought-hit western Zimbabwe, with both the ruling ZANU-PF party and opposition…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] HARARE, 28 March (IRIN) - The spread of the fast growing water hyacinth weed in Harare's Lake Chivero is threatening the capital city's main water supply. The floating weed,…

[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 24 Mar 2005 (IRIN) - The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has expressed concern at the slow accreditation of election monitors from civil society organisations. The NGO…

7525/05 (Presse 67) Brussels, 24 March 2005 - During its intervention, on 23 March 2005, under item 9 (country situations) of the agenda of CHR 61, the Luxembourg Presidency, on behalf of the European Union, made the following statement regarding…

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Veterinary officials in Zimbabwe's southern province of Masvingo say an anthrax outbreak, which killed both cattle and humans in the last two months was now under control. Provincial veterinary officer Charity Sibanda affirmed on Tuesday that the…

Cape Town (dpa) - A group of 17 Zimbabwean human rights groups Tuesday appealed to President Mugabe to act on a damning African Union report on human rights abuses ahead of parliamentary elections next week. The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] SHONGA, 22 March (IRIN) - On a steamy day in central Nigeria, four white Zimbabwean farmers who were kicked off their land back home, are carving out a…

SADC Observers Must Assess Entire Electoral Process (Johannesburg, March 21, 2005) - Governments of the Southern African Development Council (SADC) must look at Zimbabwe's entire electoral process as they assess whether it is free and fair, Human Rights Watch said today. "The…

Summary Zimbabweans go to the polls on March 31, 2005. President Robert Mugabe and senior government officials of the government of Zimbabwe have emphasized the need for peaceful elections, and put in place electoral reforms that, they argue, meet the…

Urging donor countries to look beyond Zimbabwe's elections at the urgent needs of the Southern African country's children, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for help to combat the world's fastest rise in child mortality and the fourth…