Zimbabwe
JOHANNESBURG, 11 March (IRIN) - It would be nothing short of a miracle for Morgan Tsvangirai to emerge victorious over Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe's seemingly flawed presidential election. This was the belief of Chris Maroleng, a researcher with the African…
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ROME, March 7 (Reuters) - The United Nations' $60 million food aid appeal for Zimbabwe is about 30 percent funded so far and food shortages remain acute as the country approaches weekend elections, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. Brenda Barton…
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Summary Food security prospects remain bleak as most parts of the country continue to suffer from a prolonged dry spell. Government has delivered into the country 26,000 tonnes of maize from South Africa as part of the 50,000 tonnes procured. The…
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By Nicole Itano | Special to the Christian Science Monitor CHIMOIO, MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambique has little of the natural mineral wealth of its neighbors and, after years of war, few of the luxuries of modern life. But to white…
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By David Brough ROME, March 1 (Reuters) - Half a million Zimbabweans are desperately hungry as stores run out of food and prices soar due to drought and economic crisis, aid agencies said on Friday. Zimbabwe's strategic maize reserves are exhausted and…
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By Stella Mapenzauswa HARARE (Reuters) - A wave of political violence in Zimbabwe, underscored by an attack on people leaving an opposition rally, is expected to intensify in the final two weeks of a bitter presidential election campaign. Hundreds of followers…
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Summary A total of 2.2 million hectares were planted to crops in 2001/02 season, of which 1.3 million hectares (or 56 percent) were planted to maize. The area planted to maize is 3 percent less than…
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A developing drought is threatening 2001/02 summer crop yields across Zimbabwe. Corn, sorghum, cotton, tobacco and other summer crops could all be affected by the abnormally warm (table 1) and dry weather (table 2) that has…
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19 February 2002 AI Index : AFR 46/011/2002 The withdrawal of the European Union's (EU) election observers deepens Amnesty International's concerns that human rights violations orchestrated by the ruling party in the run-up to the presidential elections will escalate unchecked by…
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HARARE, 8 February (IRIN) - Inside TM Supermarket along Harare's Nelson Mandela Avenue, Joseph Sengu picked up a packet of low grade beef and for a while looked hard at the price tag. Then, shaking his head in apparent…
