Zimbabwe gender assessment
The aim of this report is to gather evidence that will identify priorities and actions by stakeholders towards positively influencing, up scaling and accelerating gender equality and women’s empowerment
Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa Faces More Food Shortages
THE number of people struggling to get food in Southern Africa is projected to hit more than 49 million before the end of 2016 as a number of countries declare states of emergency. Currently, an estimated
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Zimbabweans Go Hungry As El Nino Scorches Farmlands, Decimates Livestock
SHEPHERD Tavaruva, a previous Masvingo Farmer of the Year winner, says he won't be adding to his medal tally any time soon. Zimbabwe's worst drought since the new millennium is driving farmers like
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Zimbabwe: Govt Thwarts EU Bid to Ban Trophy Imports
Government has stopped the European Union's bid to ban the import of hunting trophies from Zimbabwe with exports of wildlife from the regional bloc expected to soar, a Cabinet minister has said. This
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Zimbabwe: Dutch Pledge 1,5 Million Euros to Combat El Nino
The Netherlands government has pledged 1,5 million euros to Zimbabwe as assistance towards fighting the effects of the El Nino-induced drought. This is part of the 8 million euros that was pledged to
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Zimbabwe: Climate Change to Cause 38 Percent Decline in Agric Income
FARM incomes in Zimbabwe are expected to decline by as much as 38 percent by 2050, as temperatures soar 3,4 percent in what would be an unprecedented catastrophe for agriculture, according to a new study.
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Mozambique decries illegal logging along Zimbabwe border
The provincial prosecutor’s office in the central Mozambican province of Manica, along the border with Zimbabwe, has expressed concern over the increased number of illegal loggers of timber, some of which
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Zimbabwe: Mining Executives Face Jail for Polluting Environment...Campaigners Say Victory for Environment
DIRECTORS of mining companies that pollute and degrade the environment face up to 20 years imprisonment if proposals by Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa are passed into law. In developments that campaigners
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What Will Become of Us? Voices from around the world on drought and El Niño
About 60 million people across Southern Africa and the Horn, Central America, and the Pacific face worsening hunger and poverty due to droughts and crop failures in 2014–15 that have been exacerbated by
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Drought cuts output of Zimbabwe's top export earner tobacco
Production of tobacco, Zimbabwe's biggest export earner, is expected to fall 15 percent to 160 million kilograms this season following a drought that has left millions facing hunger, an industry survey
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Zimbabwe: U.S.$33 Million Shot in Arm for Byo
THE African Development Bank has approved the release of $33 million to improve water and sanitation in Bulawayo. The bank confirmed the development in a statement yesterday. "The bank recently approved