Why Zimbabwe?

A good friend of mine recently spent 3 years working for an NGO in Zimbabwe, where there has been a good deal of political upset lately. I developed an interest in the country. I had been bothering my sister by sending her links to Zimbabwe stories which I ran across on the web, so I thought I would ease her burden and make the information more generally available by setting up a short Zimbabwe page. It has grown a bit since then. Now my friend is back in Canada and my interest persists.

Zimbabwe may be viewed as a microcosm of a variety of forces which affect us all.

The country has to deal with the legacy of colonialism.
The country has to deal with the breakdown of law and order.
The country is becoming a flashpoint in black/white racial relations.
The country is becoming dependent upon foreign food aid.
The country is becoming a flashpoint in the issue of journalistic freedom.
The country has to deal with a large proportion of the population being HIV positive.
The country has to deal with the abandonment of wild life conservation.
While all this is going on, the nation's economy is spiralling downwards. The tragedy of Africa is here writ large.

Some Zimbabwe Links

Newspapers

HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe/Africa

--The Basic Data--

UNAIDS: The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNAIDS/WHO Global Surveillance Fact Sheets (by country)
(PDF) UNAIDS/WHO Zimbabwe Fact Sheet
(PDF) UNAIDS/WHO South Africa Fact Sheet
WHO: HIV/AIDS & STD Surveillance
WHO: Aids by Country
2001/09/: SA: The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Adult Mortality in South Africa
Aids in Africa
CBC: AIDS in Africa 0
CBC: AIDS in Africa 1
AIDS Foundation of South Africa
2000/05/: SciAm: Care for a Dying Continent
ZMag: Understanding Mbeki
ZMag: Mbeki's Muddle - South Africa's Aids Debate
AIDS FAQ (sci,med.aids)
AIDS Org
(website) SA Treatment Action Campaign
(website) Guardian(UK) on Aids
(website) AIDS Foundation of South Africa
(website) Aids and Africa
2004/07/: UNAIDS: 2004 Report on the global AIDS epidemic
2005/03/: UNAIDS: AIDS in Africa: Three scenarios to 2025
--Related News--
2009/05/13: BBC: Zille in 'racist' Zuma HIV attack
South African opposition leader Helen Zille has been labelled a racist by the governing ANC's Youth League for a lacerating attack on the president. The Western Cape premier was quoted by the Sowetan newspaper as saying President Jacob Zuma had put his three wives at risk of contracting HIV. [...] Self-proclaimed polygamist Mr Zuma was acquitted of rape in 2006 when he conceded having unprotected sex with his accuser, an HIV-positive family friend, but said he showered afterwards to prevent infection.
2008/11/27: Guardian(UK): Mbeki AIDS policy 'led to 330,000 deaths'
2008/11/10: TP:WonkRoom: Obama Supports Condoms: Plans To Overturn Global Gag Rule
2008/10/13: CNN: South Africa U-turns on HIV/AIDS treatment
South Africa's new health minister broke dramatically on Monday from a decade of discredited government policies on AIDS, declaring that the disease was unquestionably caused by HIV and must be treated with conventional medicine. Health Minister Barbara Hogan's pronouncement marked the official end to 10 years of denying a link between HIV and AIDS by former President Thabo Mbeki and his health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.
2007/09/27: Guardian(UK): HIV-infected condoms sent to kill Africans, claims archbishop [of Maputo in Mozambique, Francisco Chimoio]
2007/08/28: PhysOrg: HIV's impact in Zimbabwe explored in new research
2007/08/27: NewScientist: 'HIV denial' is costing lives
2007/08/10: Guardian(UK): AIDS activists furious at sacking by Mbeki
The South African president, Thabo Mbeki, has sparked outrage among AIDS activists by firing the highly popular deputy health minister on what they claimed were trumped up charges. Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge was sacked for travelling to attend an AIDS conference in Spain without the permission of President Mbeki. But campaigners said that Mr Mbeki seized the opportunity to rid himself of a politician who had shown herself prepared to openly criticise government on AIDS and other health issues
2007/07/17: Guardian(UK): Malawi to test all sexually active adults for HIV
2006/12/02: CPunch: Greed, Dogma and AIDS - End the Global Gag Rule
2006/12/01: Guardian(UK): South Africa ends long denial over Aids crisis - New policy dumps diet as alternative to treatment
2006/11/14: Guardian(UK): Rich countries 'blocking cheap drugs for developing world' - US and EU have broken Doha pledges, says Oxfam
2006/10/28: Guardian(UK): South African government ends AIDS denial
2006/10/14: Guardian(UK): The shame is on us all - If we really want to tackle the scandalous pandemic of Aids in Africa, we must start by fighting illiteracy
2006/09/06: BBC: AIDS experts condemn SA minister
More than 60 international experts on HIV/AIDS have called for the resignation of the South African health minister because of her stance on AIDS.
2006/08/19: BBC: South Africa Aids policy attacked
The United Nations special envoy for Aids in Africa has closed a major conference on the disease with a sharp critique of South Africa's government.
2006/05/26: Guardian(UK): Hunt for origin of HIV pandemic ends at chimpanzee colony in Cameroon - Animals found with virus strikingly similar to HIV
2006/05/25: BBC: HIV origin 'found in wild chimps' The origin of HIV has been found in wild chimpanzees living in southern Cameroon, researchers report. A virus called SIVcpz (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus from chimps) was thought to be the source, but had only been found in a few captive animals. Now, an international team of scientists has identified a natural reservoir of SIVcpz in animals living in the wild.
2006/05/03: BBC: Zimbabwe faces Aids drug shortage - Zimbabwe is running out of drugs to treat Aids, the state-run Herald newspaper reports.
2006/04/29: UN: UNICEF goodwill envoy Angelique Kidjo urges more HIV treatment in Zimbabwe
2006/03/20: Guardian(UK): Charity urges donor action as Aids leaves 9m African children without mothers
2006/03/03: BBC: Doctor must stop SA Aids adverts
A South African court has ordered a German doctor to stop publishing statements critical of the country's leading Aids campaign group. Dr Mattias Rath accused the Treatment Action Campaign of being funded by international drugs firms to help sell their products in South Africa. The Rath Foundation says its vitamin supplements can help stop Aids.
2006/02/10: Guardian(UK): [Letters] Aid, trade and Africa's struggle with Aids and corruption
2006/02/02: NSU: HIV infection in Zimbabwe falls at last - Campaigns to change peoples' behaviour to fight AIDS show signs of success.
2006/02/03: Guardian(UK): Dramatic fall in Zimbabwe HIV infections
2006/02/02: Eureka: HIV decline in Zimbabwe linked to behavioural change
2005/12/01: Guardian(UK): Europeans reject abstinence message in split with US on Aids
EU urges African nations not to heed Bush agenda - Condoms 'most effective' weapon against pandemic
2005/10/25: BBC: Africa Aids orphans 'may top 18m'
UN charity Unicef says 18 million children in sub-Saharan Africa could be orphaned by Aids by the end of 2010.
2005/10/10: BBC: Zimbabwe HIV infection rate drops [20.1% of those between the ages of 15 and 49 - 3,000 deaths per week] There has been a drop in the level of HIV/Aids infections in Zimbabwe, one of the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa to record such a decline.
2005/09/26: BBC: Mbeki 'betrayed' S Africa on Aids
The leader [Zwelinzima Vavi] of South Africa's trade union movement has launched a stinging attack on the government over HIV/Aids.
2005/09/08: BBC: Farming in Africa has declined at an alarming rate since the start of the AIDS epidemic, scientists say.
2005/09/03: BBC: Health and AIDS campaigners in Uganda are threatening legal action against the government unless it releases 30m condoms which they say are in storage.
2005/08/30: Guardian(UK): Bush accused of AIDS damage to Africa
2005/08/29: BBC: US 'harming' Uganda's Aids battle
The UN's special envoy [Stephen Lewis] on fighting Aids in Africa has accused the United States of endangering the gains Uganda has made in containing the disease.
2005/08/29: Guardian(UK): Uganda's Aids programme faces crisis - Activists urge leaders to make more condoms available
2005/08/24: BBC: Uganda 'mismanaging' AIDS money
2005/08/25: Guardian(UK): AIDS grants to Uganda on hold after mismanagement claims
2005/08/24: CDreams: IPS: Global Gag: USAID Sued for Impeding Foreign Family Planning, AIDS/HIV Funding with 'Anti-Prostitution Policy'
2005/08/02: BBC: SA minister cleared in Aids row
South Africa's professional health body has rejected an opposition party's complaints against the health minister.
2005/07/12: Guardian(UK): Mandela in HIV plea to youth
2005/07/11: BBC: Big jump in S African HIV cases
South Africa's health department has released figures suggesting that HIV infection rates in the country may be greater than previously thought.
2005/07/09: Guardian(UK): Moral ties attached to US Aids cash
2005/06/19: Guardian(UK): 'Africa's fatal sexual culture spreads Aids'
Black film-maker confronts the causes of the epidemic killing millions and admits: I lived the way these men are living
2005/05/18: BBC: AIDS 'kills one in three' in SA [South African Medical Research Council report]
2005/05/06: Guardian(UK): AIDS groups condemn South Africa's 'Dr Garlic'
2005/04/26: Reuters: Venezuela to oil firms; accept sovereignty or leave
2005/04/12: BBC: The battle over Uganda's Aids campaign
2005/03/30: BBC: Uganda has strongly denied charges that it no longer promotes condoms as part of its fight against Aids - seen as one of the most successful in the world.
2005/03/30: Guardian(UK): Uganda, considered a beacon in Africa for its Aids-beating policies, is adopting sexual abstinence-only programmes financed by the US which could undo all its successes, a report says today.
2005/03/04: WorldChanging: Changes in African Life Expectancy 1960-2002
2005/03/04: WorldChanging: The African Cliff
2005/03/04: BBC: HIV 'set to infect 90m Africans'
2005/03/04: CBC: AIDS could kill 80 million Africans by 2025: UN
2005/02/26: ZMag: Deaths Outnumber Births as AIDS Ravages Southern Africa
2005/02/11: Guardian(UK): South Africa told to admit size of AIDS crisis
2004/11/30: BBC: Stark Aids message for Botswana
2004/10/26: Guardian(UK): Mbeki turns Aids row into race issue
2004/08/08: BBC: Aids kills Zulu leader's daughter
Veteran South African politician Mangosuthu Buthelezi has been to the funeral of his daughter - revealing she was his second child to die from Aids.
2004/06/22: UN: HIV and hunger spell 'death spiral' for southern Africa - UN relief official
2004/06/22: UN Wire: Southern Africa In "Death Spiral," U.N. Official Says
2004/06/21: BBC: Aids 'killing Africa's soldiers'
2004/05/14: Guardian(UK): 700,000 South African children are infected with HIV
2004/05/06: IRIN: HIV/AIDS a war for survival, says UNDP report
2004/05/03: Guardian(UK): Zulu leader [Buthelezi] speaks out on Aids crisis after son's death
2004/04/30: BBC: AIDS 'has killed 2m Nigerians' [3.8m HIV positive, 2.3m dead]
2004/03/04: VOA: Rights Group Says S. African Government Undermining Its Own AIDS Program
2004/01/09: BBC: Study cuts Kenya HIV estimates [6.7% not 15%]
2003/12/23: BBC: Somali Muslim group bans condoms
2003/12/21: BBC: South Africa HIV activist killed
A South African woman has been beaten to death after she revealed she was HIV positive to five men who raped her.
2003/12/19: Independent(UK): Aids pandemic reduces life expectancy in Africa by twenty years
2003/11/26: BBC: Africa Aids orphan crisis worsens
2003/11/26: CBC: AIDS orphan numbers rising sharply
2003/11/25: BBC: Africa Aids crisis getting worse
2003/11/25: BBC: Global HIV rates at record high
2003/11/12: BBC: Huge cash boost for SA Aids fight
2003/10/09: WSWS: Bush’s AIDS appointee spells out corporate agenda
2003/10/03: Moscow Times: Global Eye -- Body Blow
2003/09/28: Guardian(UK): Call for 'dishonest' Mbeki to apologise for Aids gaffe
Five million South Africans have HIV - and one of his staff died from Aids - but the President denies knowing any victims of the disease.
2003/09/26: BBC: Mbeki stirs up Aids controversy
2003/09/26: CBC: Protesters jeer U.S. delegate at AIDS conference
2003/09/25: BBC: US abortion rule 'hits Africa women'
2003/09/23: Guardian(UK): UN envoy berates west for funding war on terror but ignoring Aids pandemic
2003/09/22: BBC: Annan issues stark Aids warning
2003/09/22: CBC: Underfunding AIDS is a 'grotesque obscenity': Lewis
2003/09/21: CBC: AIDS biggest challenge in Africa, UN report says
2003/09/21: BBC: Aids 'threatens African security'
A senior UN official has warned that if more is not done to combat HIV/Aids then the security of African nations could be at stake, with the prospects of rising crime and more civil wars.
2003/09/17: BBC: Bono 'rows' with Bush over Aids
2003/09/17: BBC: UN studies Aids impact on Africa
2003/09/15: WSWS: South African government does about-turn on AIDS treatment
2003/09/06: BBC: Beauty pageant battles Aids stigma
2003/08/28: Guardian(UK): US ends funds for African Aids programme
2003/08/04: CBC: South Africa's AIDS policies failing country: critics
2003/08/03: BBC: South Africa faces Aids pressure
2003/07/15: BBC: Condom shortage hitting Aids fight
2003/07/15: BBC: SA Aids deaths report leaked
2003/07/10: BBC: Mandela rallies world for AIDS fight
2003/07/03: BBC: AIDS hits African food production
2003/07/03: BBC: China, India face AIDS disaster
2003/06/16: Daily News: Stigma among educators still a barrier in AIDS fight
2003/05/26: WSWS: Zambia: AIDS reduces life expectancy to 33 years
2003/05/10: BBC: Zambia hard hit by Aids
2003/04/28: BBC: Price of Aids drugs cut by half
2003/03/11: Guardian(UK): South Africa appoints consultant who rules out Aids/HIV link
2003/02/26: BBC: Grim global toll of Aids
2003/02/26: Daily News: Lessons from Uganda's Aids success story
2003/02/25: Daily News: MDC to propose audit of Aids funds
2003/02/20: UN: Annan calls on world to help Africa battle AIDS and ensure peace
2003/02/20: BBC: Dirty needles research rejected
2003/02/18: BBC: Malawi minister reveals Aids trauma
2003/02/19: Guardian(UK): Bush blocks deal allowing cheap drugs for world's poor
2003/02/18: AllAfrica: Business Day: Parties Chide Mbeki On Aids And Zimbabwe
2003/02/18: WSWS: Bush uses AIDS funding as an instrument of foreign policy
2003/02/16: Times of India: HIV cases in Angola cross 1 million mark
2003/02/15: Guardian(UK): Aids gets bit part in Mbeki speech
2003/02/12: BBC: US criticises SA Aids stance
2003/02/05: ZMag: Behind Dramatic Declarations: Bush's AIDS Plan
2003/02/04: Daily News: HIV/Aids patients slam government
2003/02/04: Sydney Herald: Nearly 4.2m people living with AIDS in South Asia
2003/02/02: Observer(UK): South Africa heeds calls for free anti-Aids drugs
2003/02/01: Guardian(UK): UN Aids fund runs out of money
2003/01/30: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Govt seals deal to distribute AIDS drug to pregnant women
2003/01/30: Sydney Herald: Call for $25bn fund to fight the AIDS crisis in Africa
2003/01/29: BBC: Bush pledges $15bn to fight Aids
2003/01/28: BBC: Abuse spreads HIV among Zambian girls
2003/01/08: CBC: Lewis calls African AIDS crisis 'mass murder by complacency'
2002/12/01: Observer(UK): Will there ever be a cure?
2002/12/01: BBC: China launches war on Aids
2002/11/29: BBC: World deal for cheap drugs stalls
2002/11/26: BBC: HIV cases top 40 million
2002/11/19: BBC: Huge cost of Aids to Uganda
2002/11/11: WSWS: UN fund says money running out to fight AIDS
2002/10/28: UN Wire: HIV/AIDS: Global Epidemic Worsening, UNAIDS Says
2002/10/14: BBC: Annan highlights China's Aids problem
2002/10/01: Washington Post: Bush Policies Hurt AIDS Prevention, Groups Say
2002/09/30: Reuters: U.S. intelligence: AIDS in Russia, China to rise
2002/09/19: UN Wire: HIV/AIDS: Infections Soaring In Eastern Europe, CIS, Says UNICEF
2002/09/19: UN Wire: HIV/AIDS: Epidemic, Poverty To Be Focus Of Southern African Summit
2002/09/18: UN Wire: HIV/AIDS: South Africa Introduces HIV-Positive Sesame Street Muppet
2002/09/14: Japan Times: China's about-face on AIDS
2002/09/06: BBC: China may break Aids drug patents
2002/09/04: Asia Times: China muzzling bad news about AIDS
2002/08/26: AllAfrica: Zimbabwe Standard: Cremation Or Burial in Age of HIV/Aids?
2002/08/26: Guardian(UK): Mandela breaks taboo on Aids - Ex-president becomes first ANC member to say publicly that he has lost family to virus
2002/08/19: UN Wire: HIV/AIDS: Kenyan Critic Says U.N. Soap Opera Alienates Africans
2002/08/15: WSWS: South Africa: ANC stalls on anti-retroviral AIDS drugs
2002/08/05: UN Wire: HIV/AIDS: Thousands Of Orphaned Children Run Households In Zimbabwe
2002/07/31: UN Wire: HIV/AIDS: Nearly 39 Percent in Botswana, 31 Percent In Lesotho Infected
2002/07/19: AllAfrica: Herald: 'HIV/Aids Greatest Threat to Zim's Development'
2002/07/17: AllAfrica: Herald: HIV/Aids Ravages Rural Folks More As Hard Times Bite
2002/07/12: UN Wire: HIV/AIDS: Mandela, Clinton Close Barcelona Conference, Urging More Action
2002/07/12: BBC: Africa feels hidden cost of Aids
2002/07/09: Sydney Herald: 'We are faced with extinction' - Botswana's fight to the death
2002/07/09: Guardian(UK): No prospect of total cure, [AIDS] conference told
2002/07/08: UN Wire: HIV/AIDS: UNAIDS, WHO Call For Expanded Response
2002/07/08: UN Wire: HIV/AIDS: In Barcelona, U.N. Seeks More Treatment, Prevention
2002/07/08: Economist: The menace of AIDS
2002/07/05: Guardian(UK): Mbeki government ordered to give HIV drug to pregnant women
2002/06/19: BBC: Bush launches Aids fund for Africa
2002/06/19: Daily News: State to get Aids drugs from Asia
2002/06/14: Daily News: HIV/Aids orphans now 700,000
2002/06/13: IRIN: Investigations fault HIV/AIDS cure claims
2002/06/12: Sydney Herald: Aids epidemic stabilises, but 4.7 million still carry virus [in SA]
2002/06/06: BBC: SA counts economic cost of Aids
2002/06/05: Daily News: Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries says AIDS crippling manufacturing sector
2002/06/03: UN Foundation: Sex Between Generations Worsening Zimbabwe Epidemic
2002/06/01: BBC: UN soap opera fights HIV/Aids
2002/05/30: Financial Gazette: Question mark greets new AIDS directive
2002/05/29: UN Foundation: Zimbabwe Lifts Import Restrictions On Drugs
2002/05/29: AllAfrica: Herald: Emergency Declared
2002/05/22: Daily News: 600 000 die, 2 million afflicted with HIV/AIDS
2002/05/19: Times of India: AIDS crisis in southern Africa worries UN
2002/05/15: Guardian(UK): Mbeki accused of smearing Aids expert - South African leader questions loyalty of dissenting professor
2002/05/10: UniSci: HIV Killing Teachers Faster Than They Can Be Trained
2002/05/10: Daily News: Rate of HIV infection going down, says Gwanda mayor
2002/05/08: BBC: Aids ravages ranks of teachers
2002/05/05: CDreams: Observer(UK): AIDS Fear as Bush Blocks Sex Lessons
2002/05/01: BBC: Cheaper Aids drugs for Kenyans
2002/04/26: WSWS: South Africa: Court ruling forces only tactical retreat over AIDS drugs
2002/04/25: Independent(UK): Mbeki admits he had a 'communications problem' over policy on Aids
2002/04/24: BBC: Mbeki signals Aids policy shift
2002/04/23: BBC: Kenyan woman causes Aids panic
2002/04/21: BBC: SA Aids drug u-turn welcomed
2002/04/19: Independent(UK): South Africa bows to pressure on treating Aids
2002/04/19: Guardian(UK): S Africa drops Aids drug objections
2002/04/18: Guardian(UK): South Africa announces Aids policy turnaround
2002/04/05: Independent(UK): Mandela attacks Mbeki's failure to recognise nation's Aids crisis
2002/04/04: Times of India: Court forces S African govt to supply anti-AIDS drug
2002/04/04: BBC: South Africa to supply Aids drug
2002/03/25: BBC: SA courts back anti-HIV drug
2002/03/23: Times of India: [ANC] Document questions established AIDS theories
2002/02/18: BBC: Aids up close
2002/02/17: BBC: Mandela urges action on Aids
2002/02/08: BBC: Mbeki resolute on Aids stance [refrains from criticising Mugabe]

Zimbabwe/African Food Supply

--The Basic Data--

2002/04/12: FEWS: Current Food Security Conditions
2002/03/: UNFAO: Famine threatens 4 million people in southern Africa
(website) FEWS: Famine Early Warning System Network
(pdf) UNDP: Zimbabwe Land Reform and Resettlement Interim Report (55 pages)
(website) USAID: OFDA Reports Index
(website) USAID in Africa
2006/05/22: Eureka: Five surprising facts about starvation that could change the international agenda
--Related News--
2010/02/08: AllAfrica: ZimStandard: Two Million Face Starvation As Crops Fail
Bulawayo - Over two million Zimbabweans face starvation before the harvest season in March, a huge jump from the December figure of 1,74 million, a survey conducted by a USAid food monitoring agency has revealed. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) said the number of Zimbabweans in need of emergency food aid now stands at 2,17 million.
2010/02/05: AllAfrica: ZimIndependent: Nation Faces Maize Deficit Again, Despite Govt Claims
2010/01/19: AllAfrica: Nation: Country Faces Mass Starvation
Zimbabwe is facing massive food shortages again this year with crops already wilting in many parts of the country due to a prolonged dry spell. The United States funded Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET), in its latest forecast predicts that as a result of the poor rainfall and the severe shortage of agriculture inputs, 2.2 million Zimbabweans would need food aid. This means that people who will need urgent food aid between January and March has increased from the 1.7 million projected at the end of last year.
2009/03/02: AllAfrica: IRIN: Food Security Eases
Imports of about 750,000mt of cereal by commercial and humanitarian agencies is easing Zimbabwe's dire food shortages, the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET) said in its February update. About 7 million Zimbabweans require food aid ahead of the main harvest April, although initial indications are that the yield will bring only a brief respite from the country's food security concerns.
2009/01/12: AllAfrica: ZimStandard: 2009, Another Bleak Farming Season
Since the government embarked on the land reform programme in 2000, regardless of the amount of rainfall received, food production in Zimbabwe has been declining annually.
2008/12/01: AllAfrica: ZimStandard: U.S.$550 Million Needed for Food - Relief Agencies NGOs
2008/08/29: BBC: Zimbabwe reverses food aid ban
Zimbabwe's government has lifted a ban on aid organisations, whose work was restricted ahead of the controversial presidential run-off in June. President Robert Mugabe accused the agencies of backing the opposition. It is estimated that two million people need aid, with that number set to rise to five million by early next year.
2008/04/08: SMH: IMF must withhold $2.1b aid until Mugabe quits by Morgan Tsvangirai
2008/01/03: BBC: China ships food aid to Zimbabwe
China is sending 5,000 metric tons of food aid to Zimbabwe, official media reports, to help the African nation cope with dire food shortages. China's deputy ambassador to Zimbabwe made the announcement, adding that the two countries wanted to increase trade to $500m (£253m) in 2008. More than 3m Zimbabweans, 25% of the population, depend on UN food aid. An official crop assessment after last year's harvest in May estimated the country had about a 1m ton shortfall. The UN World Food Programme said last year that a poor harvest and the country's worsening economic situation meant hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans were running out of food. It said the crisis was set to peak between November and March.
2007/09/20: AllAfrica: FinGazette: Writing is On the Wall
THE 2007/08 farming season, which will be upon us in a few weeks' time, will be a litmus test for the country's agricultural sector in that it offers the world yet another opportunity to see if indeed a measure of progress has been achieved in restoring Zimbabwe's breadbasket status as claimed by government officials. Despite predictions by meteorologists of high chances of normal to above normal rainfall throughout the country after a devastating dry spell last season, a sense of trepidation is emerging quite strongly in the court of public opinion. It is again feared that the country, neck-deep in the throes of an economic recession blamed on the controversial land seizures spearheaded by the war veterans in 2000, may not pass the litmus test for the umpteenth time.
2007/08/10: AllAfrica: ZimIndependent: Zesa, Blunders Yield Another Wheat Disaster
2006/10/30: Guardian(UK): Rich nations urged to act as [African] continent faces food crisis
2006/10/13: BBC: 'Hunger critical' in South Asia
A report released by a US-based group says South Asia continues to face "critical" levels of hunger. The region has the highest levels of child malnutrition in the world, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute. The report says the current hot spots of hunger and under-nutrition are in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
2006/09/06: WSWS: Worsening food insecurity in Africa
2006/06/07: WSWS: Hunger and malnutrition increase in many parts of the world
A report card on nutrition published in May by the United Nations Children’s’ Fund (UNICEF) shows that the target on hunger will not be met. It reveals that 5.6 million children die each year as a result of malnutrition and 146 million children are underweight, many to a life-threatening degree. This figure represents 27 percent of children in developing countries.
2006/04/03: BBC: Niger halts BBC hunger coverage Niger has withdrawn permission for a BBC team which found evidence of hunger in the country to continue to report on the humanitarian situation there.
2006/03/31: NSU: Barren soil is starving Africans - Experts call for focus on fertilizing exhausted earth
2006/03/31: NewScientist: Soil health crisis threatens Africa's food supply
2006/03/27: WashPost: US, African scientists seek biotech answer to hunger The goal is to turn sorghum -- a common U.S. row crop used in animal feed, cereals and industrial products -- into a plant that can not only weather devastating drought but also yield a rich blend of vitamins and minerals. Researchers believe such a combination could help combat the hunger and malnutrition ravaging parts of Africa.
2006/03/08: ICH: Who Is Responsible For This Terror, Al-Qaida?
2006/03/02: BBC: Malnutrition is now costing poor countries as much as 3% of their annual economic output, the World Bank warns.
2006/02/23: WSWS: Millions facing drought and famine throughout Africa
2006/02/17: BBC: 'Millions more starving' by 2015 - The world will have 100 million extra hungry people by 2015, scientists say.
2006/02/16: Cornell: The world's pledge to halve hunger by 2015 looks like an empty promise, says Cornell expert
2006/02/02: Guardian(UK): 40m in sub-Saharan Africa need emergency food aid, says UN
2006/01/17: BBC: The number of Kenyans in need of food aid has nearly doubled to almost four million, Kenya's government has said.
2006/01/06: UN: Starvation looms over [Angolan and Congolese] refugees in Zambia as lack of funds forces aid cuts - UN
2006/01/06: BBC: Starvation looms in African Horn - Millions of people could face starvation in the Horn of Africa, the United Nations food agency has warned.
2006/01/05: BBC: Food crisis 'worsens' in Kenya - Aid agencies have stepped up appeals for food in northern Kenya where some 2.5m people face severe shortages.
2006/01/03: PlanetArk: Drought-Hit East Africa Faces Acute Hunger - Monitor [FEWS]
2005/12/30: Reuters: No festive mood in southern Africa as people grapple with critical food crisis
2005/12/30: CBC: Millions at risk as famine threatens East Africa
2005/12/22: BBC: At least 10 people have died of hunger in northern Kenya, Dr Boniface Musila a health official in Mandera says.
2005/10/19: Guardian(UK): Silently, Malawi begins to starve
2005/10/15: Guardian(UK): Agencies plead for aid as 5m face malnutrition
2005/10/02: Guardian(UK): Five million face death as famine grips Malawi
2005/08/19: WSWS: Large parts of Africa face chronic food shortages
2005/08/13: BBC: US envoy [Tony Hall] warns on Zimbabwe hunger
2005/08/12: ENN: Number of Hungry in Africa Will Grow without Changes in Aid and Trade Policies
2005/08/03: WSWS: Devastating Niger famine: warnings ignored for nine months
2005/05/20: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Govt Makes U-Turn On Food
2005/05/20: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Food Crisis: Govt Should Swallow Its Pride
2005/04/14: BBC: UN video game makes hunger point
2005/02/18: Independent(Zw): Agrarian reform: waiting for a miracle
2005/01/29: Guardian(UK): Nearly half of all Zimbabweans are facing hunger as the country's food emergency deepens, a monitoring group [FEWS] said yesterday.
2005/01/14: AllAfrica: ZimbabweIndependent: Food Shortages Begin to Bite
2004/12/08: BBC: 'No drop' in world hunger deaths [says UNFAO]
2004/11/18: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Zim Maize: Now You See It . . . Now You Don't!
2004/10/22: Independent(Zw): Zimbabwe's great agriculture lie
2004/10/15: AllAfrica: Zimbabwe Independent: Seed Crisis Looms
2004/07/19: IRIN: Kwashiorkor on the increase
2004/06/26: News24: Zim will run out of food
A prominent Zimbabwean Roman Catholic archbishop [Pius Ncube, Archbishop of Zimbabwe] warned on Saturday that his countrymen would soon start dying of starvation and accused the government of lying about the level of foodstocks.
2004/06/16: BBC: Million hit by drought in Kenya
2004/05/14: AI: Zimbabwe: Food must not be used as a political tool
2004/05/11: AllAfrica: Zimbabwe: IRIN: Food Must Not Be Used As a Political Tool, Says Amnesty
2004/05/05: IRIN: Staple foods increasingly inaccessible as prices rise
2004/05/07: VOA: UN [crop assessment] Team Ordered Out Of Zimbabwe
2004/03/11: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Cereal Deficit Expected to Persist
2004/01/14: BBC: South Africa faces grain shortage
2004/01/11: Guardian(UK): 10,000 'died of hunger' in Zimbabwe
Catholic archbishop warns of famine as journalists are held over report that Mugabe was taking a winter break
2003/12/28: IOL: Zim beef on verge of extinction [1.4 Million in 2000; now 125 thousand]
2003/12/11: AllAfrica: IRIN: Rising Numbers in Need of Food Aid
2003/12/11: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Horticulture Exports Decline By 22.53%
2003/11/25: BBC: World growing hungrier, says UN
2003/11/25: CBC: 25 million die of hunger a year: UN
2003/11/04: AllAfrica: IRIN: Special Report On Deepening Food Crisis
2003/11/04: AllAfrica: IRIN: NGOs Step in As Urban Food Crisis Deepens
2003/11/04: AllAfrica: IRIN: Interview With World Food Program Country Director
2003/11/04: AllAfrica: IRIN: Government Using Food As Political Weapon
2003/11/04: AllAfrica: IRIN: Aids-Related Deaths Rise Due to Food Crisis
2003/10/24: HRW: Zimbabwe: Food Used as Political Weapon - Government, Donors Must Halt Discrimination
Zimbabwean authorities discriminate against perceived political opponents by denying them access to food programs, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. International relief agencies in Zimbabwe fail to ensure that access to food is based on need alone and is not biased by domestic or international political concerns.
2003/10/23: BBC: Mugabe foes 'denied food'
The New York-based group, Human Rights Watch, has accused the Zimbabwean government of denying its opponents access to food supplies.
2003/10/13: AllAfrica: Zimbabwe Standard: Cattle Die of Starvation On Resettled Farms
2003/10/10: BBC: Zimbabwe food shortages scare
Zimbabwe has imported less than a third of the grain it will need to meet its requirements up to the end of March, a United States-based monitoring agency [FEWS] says.
2003/09/26: UN: Calling crisis ‘incredibly serious,’ UN seeks urgent food aid for southern Africa
2003/09/18: UN: UN agencies step-up operations to address food shortages in Zimbabwe
2003/09/18: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Farmers Face Massive Seed Shortages
2003/09/12: Independent(ZW): Zim's new farmers face starvation
2003/07/17: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Winter Wheat Crop Area Drops 66.6%
2003/06/27: AllAfrica: Zimbabwe Independent: Dispossessed Farmers to Export Maize
2003/06/21: UN: 5.5 million people in Zimbabwe will need food aid - UN report
2003/06/20: AllAfrica: Daily News: Zimbabwe to Run Out of Bread in a Week
2003/06/20: AllAfrica: Zimbabwe Independent: Zim's Bread Shortages to Worsen Next Year
2003/06/16: Daily News: Report chronicles how villagers survived food crisis
2003/06/14: CPunch: The G8 and Africa - Proliferating Desperation
2003/06/12: AllAfrica: IRIN: Survival Tactics During Food Crisis
2003/06/01: BBC: Ethiopia heading for tragedy, Geldof
2003/05/15: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Fertiliser Shortage Threatens Winter Wheat Crop
2003/05/16: BBC: Southern Africa drought 'ending'
2003/04/25: Independent(ZW): Conflicting crop output figures baffle donors
2003/04/30: IRIN: Urban feeding for some city children
2003/04/26: WSWS: Africa hit by aid shortfall as famine worsens
2003/04/18: AllAfrica: Zimbabwe Independent: Maize Sellers Shun GMB
2003/04/10: IRIN: Feature - Food security worsening in south
2003/04/07: AllAfrica: Zimbabwe Standard: Land Grab Destroys Beef Industry
2003/04/08: IRIN: Livestock decimated by drought in Matabeleland
2003/04/07: UN: 40 million Africans on brink of starvation, Security Council told
2003/04/08: BBC: UN slams aid 'double standards'
2003/04/06: Independent(UK): UN brings food aid to cities as Zimbabwe's plight worsens
2003/04/05: Daily News: Price of vegetables spirals as fuel shortages hit
2003/03/18: Guardian(UK): Left behind to starve - A humanitarian disaster is engulfing Africa as cash is poured into war and its aftermath
2003/03/01: Daily News: US increases food aid to starving Zimbabwe
2003/03/01: Daily News: Price of vegetables soars in Bulawayo
2003/02/22: Daily News: Hungry villagers attack Binga district administrator (DA)
2003/02/21: BBC: Hungry Malawi sells grain
2003/02/13: AllAfrica: IRIN: Displaced Farm Workers Urgently Need Aid
2003/02/13: Daily News: UN calls for more food relief agencies to avert hunger
2003/02/12: Daily News: Kuwait offers 90 tonnes of maize-meal
2003/02/12: Daily News: Riot police disperse food queues
2003/02/12: Daily News: MDC alleges biased food distribution
2003/02/11: AllAfrica: Business Day: Chinese Win Big Tender to Grow Food for Zimbabwe
2003/02/12: IRIN: Focus on anticipated huge cereal deficit
2003/02/12: BBC: Chinese firm 'awarded Zimbabwean land'
2003/02/10: Daily News: Food shortages set to continue as rains fail
2003/02/10: Daily News: Food shortages in urban areas critical
2003/02/08: BBC: Crisis-hit Malawians 'survive on grass'
2003/02/07: Daily News: One million facing starvation in cities
2003/02/07: BBC: Eritrea in severe need of food aid
2003/02/06: IRIN: Reality of food shortages inconsistent with official figures
2003/02/06: AllAfrica: IRIN: Reality of Food Shortages Inconsistent With Official Figures
2003/01/30: Daily News: Hungry elderly villagers appeal to Unicef for food
2003/01/30: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: UN Seeks Nod to Monitor Food Aid
2003/01/22: Daily News: Famine threatens Bulilima and Mangwe folks
2003/01/21: BBC: Famine plagues Zimbabwe
2003/01/20: IRIN: WFP revisits amid reports of worsening food crisis
2003/01/19: Observer(UK): Africa starves as rains fail and rulers reap profits
2003/01/15: Daily News: Hunger gnaws as villagers wait for maize that never comes
2003/01/15: AllAfrica: IRIN: Zimbabwe: Food Security Deteriorating
1995//: SchillerInstitute: Kissinger's 1974 Plan for Food Control Genocide
1974/04/24: Africa2000: [US] National Security Study Memorandum 200
2003/01/07: IRIN: Matabeleland hard hit by drought
2003/01/07: BBC: Africa famine to last into 2004
2002/12/31: BBC: Malawi probes grain sales
2002/12/27: Independent(UK): Malawi 'told to sell off grain reserves' by IMF
2002/12/26: BBC: UN criticises Malawi famine handling
2002/12/21: AllAfrica: Zimbabwe Independent: Food Shortages Could Trigger Unrest, EIU Warns
2002/12/16: Daily News: Weather experts predict another drought
2002/12/16: Daily News: Top Zanu PF officials in maize scam
2002/12/15: Observer(UK): Zimbabwe in grip of new hunger crisis
2002/12/12: Daily News: Food aid will be required until June next year: report
2002/12/06: AllAfrica: Zimbabwe Independent: Zim's Food Crisis Set to Worsen Next Year
2002/11/28: BBC: Zimbabwe food crisis warning
2002/11/16: CBC: Global shortage drives up grain prices
2002/11/12: Independent(UK): Crisis turns to catastrophe in a cycle of hunger and desperation
2002/11/12: Independent(UK): Famine in Ethiopia 'worse than 1984'
2002/11/11: BBC: Massive famine stalks Ethiopia
2002/11/10: Observer(UK): Famine becomes Mugabe weapon
2002/11/09: Independent(UK): Starving Zambians turn to poison plants in desperation
2002/11/07: Guardian(UK): 'Since I was born, I've never seen such hunger'
2002/10/29: BBC: Australia's drought halves grain harvest
2002/10/29: BBC: Famine-hit Zambia rejects GM food aid
2002/10/27: Independent(UK): World unable to cope with famine, UN says
2002/10/17: Guardian(UK): Zambians starve as food aid lies rejected
2002/10/17: Guardian(UK): Mugabe stops charities' famine work
2002/10/17: Guardian(UK): African divisions disrupt relief effort
2002/09/24: UN Wire: Zambia: Desperate Zambians Loot Genetically Modified Food Stocks
2002/10/15: BBC: World failing to reduce hunger
2002/10/04: Japan Times: Let science sow seeds of peace
2002/09/26: ENS: Inside Malawi's Food Crisis
2002/09/27: BBC: Southern Africa famine 'accelerating'
2002/09/27: Daily News: Shortage of basic goods reaches alarming levels
2002/09/26: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Masvingo Winter Maize Harvest to Last One Day
2002/09/25: WSWS: United Nations ignores worsening famine in Southern Africa
2002/09/16: BBC: Food crisis worsens in Southern Africa
2002/07/14: CarteBlanche: Famine on our doorstep - Zimbabwe, the aftermath
2002/08/29: AllAfrica: Herald: Bread Shortages Persist [in Harare]
2002/08/29: AllAfrica: ICG: Zim’s Silent, Selective Starvation
2002/08/08: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Parts of Harare Without Bread
2002/08/06: IRIN: EC gives more food aid
2002/08/06: IRIN: Malawi: Top officials probed in relation to food crisis
2002/08/03: IHT: Washington Post: This year's food crisis
2002/07/30: IRIN: Irrigation schemes would allow year round farming, FAO
2002/07/20: BBC: Angola's nightmare hunger camps
2002/07/17: Daily News: SADC body blames State for food shortages
2002/07/17: Daily News: Zimbabwe worst hit by starvation
2002/07/12: UN Wire: Hunger: World Food Prize Winner Urges FAO To Rank Countries
2002/07/11: Daily News: 100 000t of wheat needed to avert crisis [says FEWSNet]
2002/07/10: JP: IMF boss blames World Bank and EU for Malawi blunder
2002/07/09: BBC: Angola gripped by mass starvation
2002/07/01: UN Wire: Zimbabwe: U.N. Relief Coordinator Calls For Massive Food Aid
2002/06/26: UN Wire: U.N. Report Says Government Policies Deter Food Relief
2002/06/25: IRIN: Zambia: Food situation remains critical for rural poor
2002/06/20: WSWS: Famine intensifies in southern Africa
2002/06/19: WSWS: UN food summit ends in fiasco
2002/06/16: Observer(UK): Why half the planet is hungry
2002/06/14: Guardian(UK): GM firms the only winners at food talks summit
2002/06/13: CDreams: Toronto Star: Few Scraps for Poor at Food Summit
2002/06/15: Asia Times: Food Summit: More of the same failed medicine
2002/06/12: IRIN: War vets force feeding centre closure
2002/06/13: IRNA: Daily [Tehran Times] views issue of world hunger
2002/06/12: IRNA: Rich nations do too little to end hunger: UN official [Dr Jeffrey Sachs]
2002/06/13: Daily News: Mugabe blamed for food shortages [by Geoffrey Van Orden, MEP]
2002/06/11: NewsDay: Poor Nations Demand Market Access
2002/06/07: USAID: Southern Africa - Complex Food Security Crisis Situation Report #5
2002/06/12: AlterNet: The World Food Summit: What Went Wrong?
2002/06/12: IRIN: IMF denies culpability in Malawian food shortages
2002/06/12: IRIN: Zimbabwe: Hunger warning could be last straw
2002/06/12: UN Foundation: Hunger: Developing Countries Press Wealthy States For Open Trade
2002/06/12: Times of India: Mugabe responsible for food shortage: Oppn
2002/06/12: BBC: Hunger solution splits UN summit
2002/06/11: BBC: UN hunger summit divided
2002/06/11: Independent(UK): Britain boycotts 'flawed' world summit on hunger
2002/06/09: Guardian(UK): Mugabe targets the media as economy sinks
2002/06/10: Guardian(UK): Gasps of indignation as Mugabe puts his case [in Rome]
2002/06/10: CDreams: Guardian(UK): Time to Come Clean on the Dirty Secret of Starvation - This week's World Food Summit will once again avoid the real issues
2002/06/08: UN Foundation: Southern Africa: WFP Plans Appeal Up To $400 Million To Avert Famine
(website) Food First
2002/06/06: IRIN: 13 million in need of food aid
2002/06/06: UN Foundation: U.N., Aid Officials Address Severe Food Crisis
2002/06/06: Financial Gazette: Mass starvation imminent in Zim
2002/06/07: Asia Times: Hungry for answers
2002/06/06: BBC: 'Millions face famine' in southern Africa
2002/06/05: BBC: Southern Africa's grim trail of famine
2002/06/05: Daily News: Thousands starve as war vets bar food aid
2002/06/03: Daily News: Bread shortage looms
2002/06/01: Sydney Herald: Urgent pleas for aid as 10 million starve
2002/05/31: Economist: Southern Africa - Bad weather, bad rulers and famine
2002/05/30: Financial Gazette: Govt threatens eviction on winter crop
2002/05/30: Financial Gazette: ZANU PF accused of manipulating food aid
2002/05/30: Times of India: 10 million on brink of starvation in Africa: UN
2002/05/29: UN Foundation: Southern Africa: U.N. Agencies Say 10 Million Threatened By Food Crisis
2002/05/29: Daily News: Church orphanage appeals for help as food crisis haunts
2002/05/29: Daily News: State misleading nation on food situation: Gasela
2002/05/29: BBC: IMF denies telling Malawi to sell food
2002/05/26: Observer(UK): Mugabe 'starves' opponents' children - President accused of a vicious campaign of poll reprisals
2002/05/26: Observer(UK): Report extract: the politics of hunger in Zimbabwe
2002/05/23: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Wheat Stocks to Run Out in July
2002/05/24: Daily News: Most shops in Harare run out of basic commodities
2002/05/23: UN Foundation: Hunger: Lack Of Political Will To Blame, FAO Chief Says
2002/05/23: Daily News: Zimbabwe tops list of poor harvests
2002/05/23: Daily News: Famine stalks Zimbabwe
2002/05/22: Daily News: Crop production lowest in 12 years
2002/05/22: BBC: Europe sends aid to Malawi
2002/05/21: Times of India: Famine hits Zimbabwe even at harvest time
2002/05/21: Daily News: GMB’s decision on millers worsens maize shortages
2002/05/18: WSWS: Famine spreads across southern Africa
2002/05/17: UN Foundation: New Report Indicates 34 Countries Face Food Shortages
2002/05/17: Daily News: Starving villagers claim ownership to wild fruits
2002/05/13: AllAfrica: Herald: Drought Reduces Estimated Maize Harvest
2002/05/10: Washington Post: Famine Sweeps Southern Africa - Millions Suffering in Crisis Created by Nature, Exacerbated by Man
2002/05/10: Daily News: $40bn lost to State approved poaching
2002/05/10: Daily News: Starvation high despite State assurances
2002/05/08: BBC: Progress 'undermines African cultures'
2002/05/07: ENN: El Niño seen hitting southern Africa in late 2002
2002/05/05: BBC: Aid groups struggle to help Angolans
2002/05/03: BBC: Starvation strikes Zimbabwe
2002/05/03: BBC: Thousands dying of hunger in Angola
2002/05/03: Daily News: Maize-meal supplies remain erratic
2002/05/02: BBC: Zimbabwe's famished fields
2002/05/02: Sydney Herald: Mugabe declares food disaster
2002/05/01: Daily News: Maize shortage to worsen [only 100,000 tonnes imported]
2002/05/01: IRIN: President [Mugabe] declares disaster
2002/04/30: SAPA: Mugabe Declares Drought National Disaster
2002/04/30: The Insider (Harare): Facing Worst Drought in 50 Years
2002/04/30: BBC: Zimbabwe 'disaster' as famine looms
2002/04/30: UN Foundation: Mugabe Declares Drought Disaster; 7.8 Million At Risk
2002/04/30: AllAfrica: Zimbabwe Standard: Winter Maize Scheme Threatens Sugar Production
2002/04/29: Daily News: Zanu PF-linked millers get maize ahead of registered operators
2002/04/27: Sydney Herald: Drought threatens lives of 6 million Africans
2002/04/26: Daily News: CZI [Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries] attacks Made for causing food shortages
2002/04/26: Guardian(UK): Five million in danger from southern Africa food crisis
2002/04/25: BBC: Donors urged to feed Southern Africa [by UN WFP]
2002/04/25: IRIN: WFP warns of critical food shortages
2002/04/23: Daily News: Price of bread now $60
2002/04/23: Daily News: Production of wheat crop shrouded in uncertainty
2002/04/21: Times of India: Zimbabwe could face fresh drought
2002/04/21: BBC: Zimbabwe facing further drought
2002/04/19: IRIN: Possible El Nino may worsen food crisis
2002/04/19: Daily News: Mugabe admits Ministry of Agriculture has failed
2002/04/19: Daily News: Experts predict winter maize project will fail
2002/04/19: Daily News: Maize shortage critical
2002/04/18: BBC: Mugabe promises farming boom
2002/04/13: Daily News: No cattle exhibition at ZITF due to disruption of farming
2002/04/11: Daily News: War vets threaten to hijack WFP’s food distribution
2002/04/08: IRIN: Children driven from school food queues: reports
2002/04/08: AllAfrica: IRIN: Children Driven From School Food Queues - Reports
2002/04/06: Daily News: ZANU PF demands food from Rusape retailers
2002/04/05: Daily News: Persistent dry spell affects rainfall statistics
2002/04/02: Daily News: National Foods suffers huge losses as farm invasions take their toll
2002/03/29: IRIN: Swaziland: Focus on food shortages
2002/03/28: Times of India: Zimbabwe food crisis deepens, govt says no new poll
2002/03/25: Daily News: Dry spell forces SA to stop further maize exports to Zimbabwe
2002/03/23: AllAfrica: Daily News: Thousands of MDC Supporters Denied Maize in Rural Areas
2002/03/20: BBC: Starvation threatens Swaziland
2002/03/20: Daily News: Food distribution to resume
2002/03/20: Daily News: Commercial farmers in massive exodus to neighbouring countries
2002/03/13: Daily News: Queuing shoppers blast Zanu PF over maize-meal shortage
2002/03/07: Daily News: ZFU says serious food shortages to continue
2002/03/04: Daily News: Maize deliveries grossly inadequate, says Robertson
2002/02/28: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Hunger Stalks Harare Ahead of Key Ballot
2002/02/28: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Maize Crisis Hits Livestock Sector
2002/02/27: Independent(UK): Starving voters more worried about food crisis
2002/02/26: AllAfrica: The Herald: 24,000t of Maize From SA Firm Arrive
2002/02/26: Daily News: War vets take over maize distribution in Bulawayo
2002/02/25: AllAfrica: The Herald: WFP Begins Emergency Food Distribution
2002/02/13: Daily News: Chaotic distribution of maize
2002/01/24: AllAfrica: Business Day (Johannesburg): 'Zim's Lack of Food Critical'
2002/01/24: AllAfrica: Financial Gazette: Violence Threatens Food Aid
2002/01/23: BBC: Food aid arrives in Zimbabwe
2002/01/10: Daily News: Maize-meal shortage hits Bulawayo

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