Reports

by Leigh-Anne Havemann - Communications Assistant SARO AIDS leaves many too weak to farm, decreasing levels of household food consumption in a country where food shortages are already severe. Marco Dube is too sick to get out of bed. His skeletal frame…

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe has ordered 15,000 tons of maize seed from South Africa to bridge a domestic shortfall in the current farming season, Agriculture Minister Joseph Made said Friday. Zimbabwe is experiencing a severe shortage of maize seed and…

JOHANNESBURG, 24 December (IRIN) - The poverty that has accompanied Zimbabwe's economic crisis has driven many desperate rural people to prostitution, robbery and gold panning to survive, the latest Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) report said. "Cross border…

In June, CAFOD's programme officer in Southern Africa told us that, if we didn't act straight away, the food crisis in Southern Africa would escalate out of control before Christmas. Thanks to your overwhelming generosity, CAFOD has raised more than…

The EU would like to express its profound concern by the recent arrests of ten Trade Union leaders and the allegation of mistreatment during the period of their arrest. This follows on from a number of other acts of…

HARARE, Dec 19, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- President Mugabe said here on Thursday that the Zimbabwean government has provided 8.67 billion Zimbabwean dollars (about 158 million US dollars) to date in food aid. Delivering a state of the nation…

Mark Screeton (Desk Officer) It has been a frustrating few months for Medair in Zimbabwe. We have made progress with the registration which would allow us to run our own programmes, but it's a painfully slow business, and all along…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] HARARE, 18 December (IRIN) - The "Green Bombers", clad in their trademark green fatigues and red or green berets with the Zimbabwean flag on their shirts, have become…

JOHANNESBURG, 17 December (IRIN) - Zimbabweans were becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of the country's recurring fuel shortages on their daily lives. "The major mediums of transport have been grounded and very few passenger services are operating. Workers in industrial…

Unjustified negative attitudes about agricultural biotechnology are contributing to the ongoing famine in southern Africa and harming U.S. agricultural trade, a senior U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) official says. In December 16 remarks before a biotechnology forum at the U.S. Chamber…