Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Almost Giving up Farming Before Onset of Rains
Source: Voice of AmericaCountry: ZimbabweGibbs DubeWASHINGTON DC— Some Zimbabwean farmers in Manicaland, Matabeleland North, Masvingo and Midlands provinces say lack of draught power, costly...
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Zimbabwe: UN allocates $8.1m to food insecurity response in Zimbabwe
Source: UN Resident Coordinator for ZimbabweCountry: ZimbabweHarare, 18 November 2015 – The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has announced the allocation of US$ 8.1 million to...
View ArticleZimbabwe: School dropout rate rising as drought boosts hunger in Zimbabwe
Source: AlertNetCountry: ZimbabweAuthor: Marko PhiriLUPANE, Zimbabwe, Nov 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Thabiso Dube isn't helping his mother at home, the scrawny 8-year-old is working...
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Malawi: Southern Africa Food Security Outlook Update October 2015
Source: Famine Early Warning System NetworkCountry: Angola, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, ZimbabweLate or erratic start of the season and below average rainfall will...
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World: Southern Africa Humanitarian Outlook 2015/2016: Special Focus on El Niño
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia,...
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Malawi: Southern Africa Food Security Outlook October 2015 to March 2016
Source: Famine Early Warning System NetworkCountry: Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, ZimbabweEarly season moisture deficits in parts of South Africa, Angola, and ZambiaKEY MESSAGESThe...
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World: The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters (1995 -2015)
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, UN International Strategy for Disaster ReductionCountry: Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Lesotho,...
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Zimbabwe: ZPP Monthly Monitor (October 2015)
Source: Zimbabwe Peace ProjectCountry: ZimbabweExecutive SummaryTHE restructuring exercise which the ruling Zanu-PF embarked on soon after the party 6th People’s Congress in December 2014 has shored up...
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World: 2015-2016 El Niño: WFP and FAO Overview
Source: World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food Security ClusterCountry: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Democratic People's Republic of Korea,...
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe: Food Security Outlook Update November 2015
Source: Famine Early Warning System NetworkCountry: ZimbabweKey MessagesSouthern Zimbabwe is mainly experiencing Stressed (IPC Phase 2!) food security outcomes which will likely persist until March...
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Situation Report #1, 10 November 2015
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: ZimbabweResponding to Humanitarian Needs and Strengthening Resilience to Food InsecurityHighlights• An estimated 16 percent of the rural population (1.5 million...
View ArticleZimbabwe: An orphan’s struggles to put food on the table in Zimbabwe
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: ZimbabweBy Stambuli Kim, Zimbabwe Red Cross SocietyLife has not been fair for 18-year-old Micho Gatsi, an orphan who...
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World: Food Assistance Outlook Brief, November 2015
Source: Famine Early Warning System NetworkCountry: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya,...
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Zimbabwe: United Nations in Zimbabwe Issue XIII - Special Edition, 2015
Source: UN Country Team in ZimbabweCountry: Zimbabwe2030 Agenda for Sustainable DevelopmentUN@70 • Localising SDGs • Enhancing Food Security • Ending Child Marriages • Advancing Quality Health...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Zimbabwe’s Long Road in Ending Poverty and Hunger
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: ZimbabweBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Nov 27 2015 (IPS) - Noel Bhizori has a permanent post at a traffic light in Bulawayo’s central business district where he sells mobile...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Global Climate Change Threatening Zimbabwe Food Security
Source: Voice of AmericaCountry: ZimbabweIrwin ChiferaHARARE—Climate change is posing a serious threat to food security in Zimbabwe with the country now experiencing regular droughts owing to increased...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Traditional seeds keep hunger away in drought-prone Zimbabwe
Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: ZimbabweIt was all smiles as Bertha Chibhememe of Sangwe communal area in Chiredzi, south eastern Zimbabwe, showed off her traditional seed varieties at a seed...
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Price Bulletin - November 2015
Source: Famine Early Warning System NetworkCountry: ZimbabweMaize grain and maize flour are the main foods consumed by all households in Zimbabwe. These food items are both produced locally and...
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Ethiopia: El Niño CERF-funded response in 2015 (As of 1 December 2015)
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Malawi, Myanmar, Somalia, World,...
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World: CrisisWatch N°148, 1 December 2015
Source: International Crisis GroupCountry: Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic,...
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