Reports

JOHANNESBURG, 8 August (IRIN) - From midnight on Thursday almost 3,000 farmers in Zimbabwe will have to leave their land under the government's controversial fast track land reform programme which aims to transfer ownership of land from white farmers…

By Cris Chinaka and Stella Mapenzauswa HARARE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Thousands of white Zimbabwean farmers face a midnight deadline Thursday to leave land they have farmed for generations or risk jail, although a last-minute High Court ruling could provide a…

By Grant Newsham TOKYO - Three times during the 1990s, the world stood by while heart-rending - and preventable - African tragedies unfolded in Liberia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone. President Robert Mugabe's ongoing assault on human rights and democracy in Zimbabwe…

Humanitarian Co-ordinator Appointed in Zimbabwe Mr.. J. Victor Angelo, current UN Resident Co-ordinator, has been appointed UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Zimbabwe. Review of Vulnerable Population Levels and Needs Throughout the six countries in Southern Africa worst affected by drought…

IP/02/1198 Brussels, 6 August 2002 - The European Commission has allocated a further €35 million from the food security budget line for victims of food shortages in Zimbabwe. The funds will mainly be used to distribute food to the poorest…

Mercy Corps worker in region says food shortages have forced parents to reduce children's meals One-by-one mothers gather at a small feeding center in Bakorenhema, Zimbabwe carrying their small children in their arms. They meet every day at the site…

FHI is partnering with Christians in Zimbabwe to fight hunger in one of Southern Africa's neediest regions. Churches from the Assemblies of God denomination in South Africa and Zimbabwe are working together to provide food distributions to 5,000 people (1,000…

The following report was written by Catherine Mahoney, Head of Public Relations, on her visit to Zimbabwe (7-10 July). In the clinical sense, starvation has not set in yet in Zimbabwe. But the signs are there: look into people's eyes, feel…

JOHANNESBURG, 1 August (IRIN) - The Zimbabwe government has agreed to accept a consignment of genetically modified (GM) maize from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), after weeks of controversy. The government had come under fire for rejecting GM maize,…

Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal The DEC Southern Africa Crisis Appeal has already received pledges of nearly =A34 million since its launch on 25 July. These donations will play a crucial role in helping prevent the southern Africa crisis from developing…