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US salutes Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission on food aid report

By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau | The US government, through its Harare embassy, has applauded a new study by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) into politicised food aid and farming inputs distribution. The commission on Wednesday launched its report and nailed Zanu PF and top government officials over the partisan distribution of the […]

Food Aid: 4 MDC-T sympathisers arrested, told ‘never in your lifetime’

A Zanu-PF official in Mashonaland Central has reportedly told an opposition MDC-T supporter that “never in your lifetime” will he get food aid. Four opposition activists were arrested in similar conflict in Buhera. Last Saturday, March 12, 2016, names were being compiled for food aid beneficiaries in Ward 3 of Mbire in Mashonaland Central when […]

Hunger hits 1.5 million in Zimbabwe

By Tom Clark Around 1.5 million Zimbabweans are predicted to go hungry this year after a dramatic fall in maize production, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Some 16 percent of the population are expected to be ‘food insecure’ at the peak of the 2015-16 lean season, the period following harvest when food […]