Zimbabwe: Floods - Mar 2001 Updates

Background Mozambique lies along the eastern side of southern Africa. Like its neighbours, the country experiences a complex mix of social trends and natural disasters that contribute to high levels...

JOHANNESBURG, 3 March (IRIN) - Flooding last week in the northern parts of food insecure Zimbabwe may have worsened the prospects for recovery, Save the Children warned on Monday. Heavy flooding...

By Leonard Maveneka/Oxfam America Sixty-two-year old Leyton Magaya is a diabetic who lost one leg in an accident some time ago. His wife is bedridden and has swollen legs. Magaya does not know what...

Summary A total of nearly 5.6 million people are considered food insecure during the current consumption year (April 2002-March 2003). Of these, almost 3.7 million people are in the communal sector,...

Drought conditions in several areas of Zimbabwe have resulted in poor harvests and subsequent shortages of maize meal, the staple of the local diet. The central Midlands plateau area, for example,...

Over Six Million People Will Require Food Assistance The FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment report highlighted the serious food crisis in Zimbabwe. An estimated 6.074 million people, out of a...

1. Background Information about Zimbabwe Midlands Province Total Population - 1.5 million. Size of the province Agro-ecological zones Administrative districts - 13 Farming practices - cropping in the...

Summary Area planted to all crops during the 2001/02 cropping season is now projected at 2.4 million hectares, the same amount as last year. The large-scale commercial sector area planted to all...

Guidelines General The proposals should be targeted, reflecting the variability of food insecurity in Zimbabwe. Targeting could be geographic or other vulnerable target groups could also be...

By Allan Seccombe JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A massive food relief mission is gathering steam to combat southern Africa's worst food shortage in a decade as millions go hungry and famine looms after...

THE REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE Preliminary maize forecasts released towards the end of April, indicate production shortfalls in a number of SADC countries following a prolonged dry spell in parts of the...

By Vongai Makamure Communications Officer Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, last month declared the food shortage in the country a national disaster. The government mainly blames the famine on the...

HelpAge International's assessments show Malawi already facing an acute food shortage. In Zimbabwe, a major food crisis is thought to be only a month to six weeks away. In Malawi, already one of the...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Development Cooperation Division (720-4537) 1. On May 14, 2002, the Government of the Republic of Korea decided to send humanitarian aid to several countries in...

This report includes: (A) Asia Region: (1) DPR of Korea, (2) Indonesia (B) West and Central Asia Region: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Pakistan, (3) Iran (C) Central Africa Region: (1) Angola, (2) Namibia,...

IP/02/689 Brussels, 8 May 2002 - The European Commission has approved food aid worth €6.5 million for the population of Zimbabwe. This decision is designed to ensure that some of those in need have...

THIS APPEAL SEEKS CHF 6,803,000 (USD 4,239,387 or EUR 4,681,316) IN CASH, KIND AND SERVICES TO ASSIST 450,000 BENEFICIARIES FOR 12 MONTHS The Situation Southern Africa is facing a looming crisis...

Most of Zimbabwe Faces Food Shortages Preliminary estimates put the food insecure population in Zimbabwe at three million by June 2002. The map shows areas of Zimbabwe that are likely to suffer food...

JOHANNESBURG, 8 April (IRIN) - At least 2,6 million people in Southern Africa are desperate for food, yet the World Food Programme (WFP) has still not received any new donations towards the US $69...

Much of Southern Africa has experienced well-below average rainfall this season, causing crops to wither after a similarly poor production year in 2001-2002. The drought, exacerbated by depleted...