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01 Jan 2002

Botswana + 15 others
OCHA Regional Disaster Response Advisor for Southern Africa 2002

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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21 Dec 2001

Angola + 8 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 50 covering the period 15 - 21 Dec 2001

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
IRIN-SA
Tel: +27 11 880-4633
Fax: +27 11 447-5472
Email: IRIN-SA@irin.org.za

ZAMBIA: Controversial general elections

Zambia's preparations for general elections at the end of the month have come in for a hammering by international observers. They said that voter apathy and "disenfranchisement" could effect the democratic process. Zambians are scheduled to go to the polls on 27 December to elect a new president, members of parliament, and municipal

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14 Dec 2001

Angola + 6 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 49 covering the period 8 - 14 Dec 2001

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UNITED NATIONS
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IRIN-SA
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ZIMBABWE: Opposition leader freed after short detention

Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai was detained in a dawn raid and released without charge on Friday 14 December as the ruling ZANU-PF opened its annual conference to prepare for presidential elections in March.

Tsvangirai's arrest came a day after

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13 Dec 2001

Angola + 11 others
FEWS Southern Africa Regional Flood Watch 13 Dec 2001

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— US Agency for International Development
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With above normal rains forecast for much of the SADC region, this issue of the Regional Flood Watch reports the onset of the rains, the likelihood of floods this season and the current state of flood preparedness in the region. The RRSU and FEWS NET will be issuing periodic Regional Flood Watch reports on an ad hoc basis throughout the 2001/2002 season.
1. 2001/2002 SEASON BEGINS WITH GOOD RAINFALL IN MOST AREAS

Satellite imagery from METEOSAT confirm a good start to the 2001/2002 rainfall season in most areas of the region.

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12 Dec 2001

Angola + 10 others
Southern Africa: IRIN Focus on regional food supplies

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— IRIN
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]
JOHANNESBURG, 12 December (IRIN) - Recent heavy rains over large parts of South Africa are unlikely to affect maize exports to the rest of the region, an economist with Grain-SA told IRIN on Wednesday.

"The heavy rains that we have been experiencing in recent weeks is likely to affect the new crop and not the old crop. Our [South Africa's] maize exports would come from the old crop," the economist said.

Recent media reports said heavy rains

IRIN:

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07 Dec 2001

Angola + 9 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 48 covering the period 1 - 7 Dec 2001

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— IRIN


UNITED NATIONS
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IRIN-SA
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Email: IRIN-SA@irin.org.za

ZIMBABWE: Mugabe seeks support

The South African presidency said this week that it had not yet received an official request for a meeting with the Zimbabwean government in spite of reports that President Robert Mugabe wanted an urgent summit over South Africa's waning support for his policies.

IRIN:

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05 Dec 2001

Angola + 9 others
Southern Africa: IFRC appeals for US $13 million

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— IRIN
JOHANNESBURG, 5 December (IRIN) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is appealing for more than US $13 million to fund its humanitarian programmes in southern Africa.
A statement from the IFRC's regional delegation in Harare on Wednesday said that the IFRC had allocated US $44 million to programmes in Africa. In its global appeal, launched in Geneva on Tuesday 4 December, the IFRC said that it needed US $162 million to
IRIN:

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22 Nov 2001

Angola + 10 others
FEWS Southern Africa Food Security Update: 22 Nov 2001

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— US Agency for International Development
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HIGH LEVEL OF IMPORTS STILL NEEDED TO MEET CEREAL REQUIREMENTS

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09 Nov 2001

Angola + 8 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 44 covering the period 3 - 9 Nov 2001

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
IRIN-SA
Tel: +27 11 880-4633
Fax: +27 11 447-5472
Email: IRIN-SA@irin.org.za

ANGOLA: Young men face conscription

Fear gripped thousands of young men across Angola this week as the defence ministry ordered all men born in 1979 and 1980 to report for military duty or be punished. According to a ministry statement quoted by Angolan government radio on Wednesday 7 November, conscripts should report to recruitment centres. The statement also said the call-up

IRIN:

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02 Nov 2001

Côte d'Ivoire + 7 others
Africa: UN promotes school-feeding in campaign against poverty

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— IRIN
NAIROBI, 2 November (IRIN) - The World Food Programme (WFP) is increasingly lending its weight to the global fight against poverty. Centre stage is its plan to expand its support for school-feeding projects in the developing world, making the provision of a daily meal an integral part of a new campaign aimed at increasing school enrolment and ensuring that the world's undernourished children are educated.
Poor families often do not have enough food at home to provide members with regular meals. Children commonly go to school on an empty stomach, making it difficult for them to concentrate
IRIN:

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26 Oct 2001

Angola + 8 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 42 covering the period 20 - 26 Oct 2001

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— IRIN


UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
ZIMBABWE: Commonwealth visit could lead to further isolation

A significant development in Zimbabwe this week was the arrival on Wednesday (24 October) of a Commonwealth mission charged with monitoring September's Abuja agreement. The visit came as farming organisations and civic groups said that state-backed invasions of white-owned farms had escalated despite the deal the government signed in Nigeria pledging to end the land crisis.

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05 Oct 2001

Angola + 3 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 05 October

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— IRIN
MALAWI: Hungry resort to desperate tactics
The international NGO World Vision said this week that it was carrying out a food and nutrition assessment in Malawi to determine how best to combat the hunger that is ravaging most of the country. Many desperate people are reportedly eating maize husks and wild roots.

The assessment was initiated following recent pleas for assistance in the face of a looming famine in the southern African nation. Almost half of the 27 administrative districts in the country reported serious food shortfalls, in the wake of the worst floods to hit

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02 Oct 2001

Angola + 3 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 02 October

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ZIMBABWE: Mugabe's land reform programme gets green light
The Supreme Court in Harare on Tuesday gave President Robert Mugabe and his government the go-ahead to proceed with its controversial land reform programme, news reports said. The Supreme Court in November had declared the land reform scheme unconstitutional and ordered a halt to the programme.

On Tuesday, a bench dominated by new appointees, most of whom are loyal supporters of the ruling ZANU-PF party, said in a two-page ruling that administrative courts could resume processing

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21 Sep 2001

Angola + 9 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 37 covering the period 15 - 21 Sep 2001

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa
Tel: +27 11 880 4633
Fax: +27 11 880 1421
e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za

ZIMBABWE: Food shortages warning

Rural Zimbabweans are facing a "desperate" food security situation due to a combination of a bad harvest and deepening poverty that has exhausted household coping mechanisms, development workers told IRIN this week. In Matebeleland, according to the available data, "people are already cutting down to one meal a day", Ed

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20 Sep 2001

Angola + 6 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 20 September

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— IRIN
ZIMBABWE: Mugabe's US $121 million campaign
The Zimbabwean government could spend about US $121.6 million in the next four months to revamp social services and launch housing projects countrywide, the 'Financial Gazette' reported on Thursday. It said that the government also planned to fund self-help projects in rural areas.

Senior government sources were quoted as saying that the money for the new projects would come from the US $322 million supplementary budget debated and passed by Parliament on Wednesday. The money would come from a vote of credit, which was set to get US $75

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07 Sep 2001

Angola + 7 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 35 covering the period 01 - 07 Sep 2001

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
ZIMBABWE: Breakthrough land deal in Abuja

Commonwealth leaders have welcomed Zimbabwe's promise to take sweeping measures to halt the violent occupation of white-owned farms that has alarmed the international community, agencies reported on Friday. Under the agreement, reached in the Nigerian capital Abuja, Zimbabwe has been promised funding for its land redistribution programme in exchange for restoring the rule of law. The deal was reached after African nations

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06 Sep 2001

Angola + 10 others
Southern Africa: Region to meet cereal needs

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— IRIN
JOHANNESBURG, 6 September (IRIN) - Southern Africa's cereal consumption requirements would be "more than met" this marketing season, according to the latest report by USAID's Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS-Net).
In it's regional food security update published on 23 August, FEWS Southern Africa said that according to official government production estimates, total production would meet approximately 80.5 percent
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05 Sep 2001

Angola + 10 others
FEWS Southern Africa Food Security Update: 23 Aug 2001

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— US Agency for International Development


1. Regional Cereal Production And Stocks Will Meet Requirements

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04 Sep 2001

Angola + 11 others
FEWS Southern Africa Food Security Update: 04 Sep 2001

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— US Agency for International Development


1. Meeting Maize Requirements In SADC -Figure 1
At the regional level, 2000/2001 maize production will meet only 87% of consumption requirements. However, when opening stock levels at the start of the 2001/02 marketing year are added, regional maize requirements are fully met, with a small surplus.

2. Meeting Maize Requirements In SADC - Figure 2

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03 Sep 2001

Angola + 4 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 03 September

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— IRIN
ZIMBABWE: Vaccination for cattle against foot-and-mouth
The Department of Veterinary Services has begun vaccinating cattle against the foot-and-mouth disease, the official 'Herald' newspaper reported on Monday. Department director Stuart Hargreaves was quoted as saying that at least 450,000 cattle, which had been quarantined, would have to be vaccinated and then slaughtered in December for domestic consumption.

He also said that the anticipated beef shortage would not reach critical levels despite the outbreak of the disease.

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