Reports

March 19, 2019 10:55 PM Columbus Mavhunga Zimbabweans have started raising funds and donating goods to provide relief to those who have been affected by Cyclone Idai, which the government says has killed nearly 100 people and displaced…

*Executive summary – update to March 2019 This document builds on the previous report published in January, please refer to it for more insight on the precipitation pattern that led to the drought and earlier reported impacts. Compared…

HIGHLIGHTS More than 100 deaths have been reported, more than 200 people have been injured and over 200 are still reported missing. Marowanyati Dam in Murambinda has overflowed, raising water levels in Mwerahari River. People living along the…

Tropical Cyclone Idai hit eastern Zimbabwe with heavy rains and strong winds on 15-16 March. Manicaland and Masvingo provinces are mostly impacted, facing massive destructing caused by floods and landslides. An estimated number of 12,500 to 15,000…

HIGHLIGHTS • Flooding caused by the Tropical Cyclone Idai weather system continues to cause massive destruction, with heavy rains reported in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces. • At least 82 deaths have been reported, 200 people have been injured…

HIGHLIGHTS • The President has declared the impact of Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe a state of disaster. • The Cyclone Idai weather system hit eastern Zimbabwe on 15 and 16 March, with Chimanimani and Chipinge districts in Manicaland…

March 08, 2019 11:24 AM Columbus Mavhunga HARARE — Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, says it will limit running water to two days a week due to a drier-than-normal rainy season. The aim of water rationing is to help distribute water…

According to a recent emergency appeal from the United Nations, around 5.3 million people in Zimbabwe are estimated to be in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. The ongoing economic crisis, compounded by erratic weather conditions in recent…

It was the third day of the first-ever vaccination campaign in Africa against typhoid fever. Twenty-seven-year-old Sarah Nyamande was one of many mothers lining up in the unique outreach post – a shopping mall in a…

01 March 2019, Harare – the UN together with the Government and partners today launched a Humanitarian Flash Appeal requesting for USD 234 million targeting 2.2 million people of the nearly 5.3 million Zimbabweans who need…