Harare Press Release

As COVID-19 continues to spread across Southern Africa, governments are targeting journalists and media houses that are critical of their handling of the pandemic, Amnesty International warned today marking World Press Freedom Day.

Zimbabwe government measures to combat COVID-19 should include urgently providing continuous and affordable access to sufficient safe water to people across the country. Long before the coronavirus pandemic, much of Zimbabwe suffered a severe water and sanitation crisis. On March 30, 2020, Zimbabwe, like many countries, ordered a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the virus.

Photo: WFP/ Claire Nevill, At WFP food distributions in Zimbabwe community members stand at least one metre apart and collect their food in groups of five, to prevent overcrowding.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks during a state funeral of Zimbabwe's longtime ruler Robert Mugabe in Harare, Zimbabwe, September 14, 2019.

HARARE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomes a contribution of $3 million CAD from the Canadian Government to life-saving humanitarian operations in Zimbabwe. The funding supports WFP’s rapid scale-up of emergency food assistance to reach almost 55,000 people in Matobo district.

Professor Rob Kingsley and Dr Gaetan Thilliez from the Quadram Institute are teaming up with Prof. Neil Hall of the Earlham Institute and Dr Sekesai Zinyowera and Tapfumanei Mashe of the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory in Harare to investigate the association of Salmonella Typhi with protists in the aquatic environment of Zimbabwe.

This week, we discuss policies that punish pregnant women for substance abuse; how Zimbabwe has changed since Mugabe was toppled; the U.S. response to infections diseases; post-deployment reintegration practices for U.S. federal civilians; supporting students with disabilities; and how to avoid escalation with Iran.

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Zimbabwe: UN human rights expert visits to assess the right to food GENEVA (14 November 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, will carry out a fact-finding visit to Zimbabwe from 18 to 28 November 2019.

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends a rally against Western sanctions in Harare, Zimbabwe, October 25, 2019.

Gathered together for a welcome dinner, first-year students, current members, and even some alumni talk and greet the incoming international students. The people seated around the table all have slightly different backgrounds. Some international students grew up on the African continent, but went to high school abroad, in the United States or the United Kingdom. Many come from cities, including capitals like Nairobi, Kenya; Lagos, Nigeria; or Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and others from more rural and less-resourced areas.