Reports

Zaka, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe's southern district of Zaka has reached 19 since the disease was first diagnosed there last month, local health authorities said Monday. They said the disease killed nine…

Colin Madundo, 46, sits proudly in front of his hut with his four-year-old twins on his knees and admits openly 'Yes, I have been tested and I am HIV positive.' Madundo's wife died of an AIDS-related illness two years ago.…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 13 September (IRIN) Libya has renewed a US $360 million financing facility for Zimbabwe to cover the importation of fuel for another year, as queues formed this week…

The children need this food because there is no food in their homes,' explains Assa Mabhuna, 47, as she stirs a big pot of porridge. 'All these children are pre-schoolers and at this age the right food is important.' Assa…

JOHANNESBURG, 12 September (IRIN) - Malnutrition rates are increasing at an alarming rate in Zimbabwe, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday. "All the assessments show that it is actually getting worse, as we move away from the harvest…

AFR 46/042/2002 Amnesty International strongly condemns the renewed wave of state-sponsored violence and intimidation of real or perceived opponents in the run-up to country-wide local council elections scheduled for 28 and 29 September. "Intimidation and harassment of opposition Movement for Democratic Change…

JOHANNESBURG, 11 September (IRIN) - Ten people have died out of 350 new cases of cholera in southern Zimbabwe since the beginning of August, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. In the districts of Zaka and Bikita, 61 new…

JOHANNESBURG, 10 September (IRIN) - Ten commercial farmers in Zimbabwe won a legal round against the government's "fast-track" land reform programme this week, setting a precedent for farmers arrested for refusing to leave their land last month. The farmers were…

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Health authorities in Zimbabwe Tuesday placed the small mining town of Zvishavane in the south of the country under a tight cholera surveillance after one person died of the disease Friday. Gertrude Deleza, a medical doctor…

Harare, 10 September 2002 - Twelve trucks, each carrying 30 metric tonnes (MT) of UNIMIX, arrived in Harare yesterday, after having crossed the border at Beitbridge last Sunday. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) hired the trucks to bring…