Reports

Mark Screeton (Desk Officer) On 23rd January Medair was granted temporary registration to begin relief operations in Zimbabwe. After almost 6 months of waiting this is fantastic and timely news. The humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe continues to intensify. Queues for…

AI-index: AFR 46/001/2003 Amnesty International is calling on the Zimbabwean authorities to end immediately the cycle of harassment, arrest and torture of those who peacefully oppose the government. "Those who expose human rights violations become themselves at risk of arrest and…

JOHANNESBURG, 22 January (IRIN) - One man died and seven people were injured - two critically - in an attack on a ZANU-PF meeting in Kuwadzana, a suburb of Harare which is preparing for a local election. Assistant police commissioner…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 21 January (IRIN) - Seven-months ago President Robert Mugabe was triumphant. He had trounced his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai - albeit controversially - in presidential elections, and had snuffed…

JOHANNESBURG, 21 January (IRIN) - Almost all the 150,000 people living in Zimbabwe's western district of Binga are receiving food aid while the community's farmers anxiously wait for rains to save their life-saving crops, Save the Children Fund (SCF)…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 20 January (IRIN) - The following is a chronology of events during 2002 in Zimbabwe's controversial "fast-track" land reform programme. Under the government's original plan, five million hectares of…

JOHANNESBURG, 20 January (IRIN) - Amid reports that the number of people in need of emergency food aid has increased significantly, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) chief executive James Morris is expected to revisit Zimbabwe from the 23-25…

JOHANNESBURG, 20 January (IRIN) - The government of Zimbabwe has secured a US $10 million revolving loan from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa which it will use to buy desperately needed fuel. For several months Zimbabwe's pumps have…

JOHANNESBURG, 17 January (IRIN) - The powerful head of Zimbabwe's army this week appeared to break ranks with the ruling ZANU-PF party and publicly admitted the extent of the economic crisis in the country. In a rare interview General Vitalis Zvinavashe…

By Solveig Olafsdottir in Harare Florence Kusema is proud when she shows off her maize fields - impeccably planted in straight lines and neatly weeded. She and her family, who live in Zvimba district, north-east of Harare, are one of…