Reports

By Stella Mapenzauswa ESIGODINI, Zimbabwe, March 13 (Reuters) - Two orphan children kneel on the side of a highway in Zimbabwe's drought-hit south, picking up kernels of the food staple maize which have spilled off a passing truck. "We hope to…

A recent article in The Herald highlighted the demise of Harare Hospital. Quoting the superintendent, it depicted a picture of complete disintegration of a once prominent health facility. It was all the more credible because the government-owned press does…

The European Commission has approved €15 million in humanitarian aid for population groups at particular risk in Zimbabwe, including displaced people, people living with HIV/AIDS, orphans and other vulnerable children. This will be achieved by supporting emergency food and agricultural…

AI Index: AFR 01/003/2005 (Public) On World Habitat Day (3 October) Amnesty International and the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) are challenging African governments to end the practice of forced evictions, describing them as one of the most…

By Peter Apps FRANCISTOWN, Botswana, March 7 (Reuters) Dire predictions of food shortages in Zimbabwe have not stopped a lively cross-border trade in maize to relatively prosperous Botswana, traders and residents said. "People (Zimbabweans) bring maize here and sell it... they get…

Summary Life for the average Zimbabwean has become dramatically worse in the past five years. Unemployment is at 80%, inflation is in triple digits and food production has collapsed leading to widespread malnutrition. Violence awaits all those who have the…

By Brian Latham in London (Africa Reports: Zimbabwe Elections No 12, 04-Mar-05) The ZANU PF government this month admitted that it faced serious food shortages ahead of the traditional May harvest, confounding President Robert Mugabe's frequent boasts of an expected…

Despite the continued availability of staple cereals and other basic food stuffs, such as cooking oil, sugar, bread and salt, in both rural and urban parallel and formal markets, a significant proportion of urban and rural…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 3 March (IRIN) - The efficacy of agricultural relief programmes run in response to recurring drought and food shortages in Zimbabwe could be greatly improved, says a report…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] HARARE, 1 March (IRIN) - New commercial farmers who benefited from Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform programme are now hamstrung by a lack of labour to work their fields. Unions…