Updates (Reports only)

Highlights Resurgence of cholera occurred in November 2024, resulting in a cumulative 778 (467 male and 311 female) cholera cases and twenty-three cholera deaths with a case fatality of 2.9 per cent...

HARARE – Zimbabwe must urgently invest in girls’ rights, education, and safety to ensure gender equality becomes a lived reality for future generations, a UN Working Group said today. Concluding an...

Since 2013, the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation (BTCF) has built and repaired 3,182 water wells across Zimbabwe, easing the nation’s long-standing water crisis. This effort has curbed the spread of...

Women and Law in Southern Africa and Equality Now Call for Urgent Legal Reform to Support Child Marriage Survivors in Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe, June 3, 2025 - A new study commissioned by Women and...

Highlights Resurgence of cholera occurred in November 2024, resulting in a cumulative 740 cholera cases and twenty cholera deaths with a case fatality of 2.7 per cent as of 30 April 2025. Zimbabwe...

In Zumbare, a rural village of thatched huts in eastern Zimbabwe, the rooftops shimmer under the heat. Riverbeds have run dry, and the surrounding fields are filled with the skeletal remains of maize...

What happened, where and when? The malaria outbreak has resulted in increased morbidity and mortality, with 85 confirmed deaths reported as of 26 April 2025. The surge in malaria cases has placed...

Harare, Zimbabwe - The Government of Japan provides support, in partnership with UNICEF, UNDP, WFP, and UNOPS, to the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and have launched five transformative...

Highlights Resurgence of cholera occurred in November 2024, resulting in a cumulative 450 cholera cases and nine deaths with a case fatality of2 per cent as of 28 February 2025. Zimbabwe experienced...

March 07, 2025 by CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education), and GPE Secretariat In Zimbabwe, marginalized girls are gaining the support and skills they need to stay in school and build brighter...

Rumbidzai remembers clearly when, in the first week of her job as a deminer, she wanted to run away. She was a primary school teacher before looking for a new challenge, but as she began her first...

Highlights Zimbabwe is facing one of the worst droughts in 40 years, affecting an estimated 50 per cent of the population (7.6 million people) including 3.5 million children. According to the 2024...

Highlights In 2024, UNICEF and WFP came together to assess the extent of their collaboration on school health and nutrition in Eastern and Southern Africa. The result was the documentation of three...

Globally, experiences and realities of displacement continue to gain attention. In Zimbabwe’s Tongogara Refugee Settlement (TRS), there are about 23 157 refugees and asylum seekers, most of which...

In Zimbabwe’s arid Binga district, the effects of the country’s worst drought in decades are etched into every corner of life. Rivers have run dry, livestock lie lifeless, and for many families,...

Highlights Zimbabwe is facing one of the worst droughts in 40 years, affecting an estimated 50 per cent of the population (7.6 million people) including 3.5 million children. According to the 2024...

ADDENDUM TO THE SADC REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN APPEAL RESPONSE TO THE EL NIÑO-INDUCED DROUGHT AND FLOODS, NOVEMBER 2024 This document provides updates on the SADC Regional Humanitarian Appeal: Response...