Zimbabwe

© UNICEF/Santiago Arcos

News in Brief 27 September 2019

27 September 2019
News in Brief
  • Human Rights Council agrees on fact-finding mission to Venezuela
  • Brutal violence in northern Nigeria forces thousands into Niger
  • Zimbabwe must act quicker on democratic vision, urges UN-appointed independent expert
Audio -
3'51"
UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferre

Human Rights Briefing: Updates on Egypt, Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia

27 September 2019
Climate Change

Here’s a roundup of human rights news this Friday: UN’s Bachelet urges restraint over arrests of Egypt protestors; expert calls for ‘democratic shift’ in Zimbabwe; Human Rights Council agrees fact-finding mission to Venezuela; independent experts urge freedom for Saudi women's rights defender, after 500 days in prison.

© UNICEF/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi

Zimbabwe faces myriad humanitarian challenges as a result of climate and economic shocks

27 August 2019
Interviews

With Zimbabwe experiencing its worst-ever hunger crisis, the United Nations and its relief partners have revised their humanitarian appeal to scale up food assistance to people most affected by drought, flooding, and economic stagnation. The UN Resident Coordinator for Zimbabwe, Mr. Bishow Parajuli, was recently in New York and sat with UN News’s Assumpta Massoi and gave her a snapshot of the current humanitarian situation in the country.

Audio -
10'21"
© UNICEF Patrick Brown

News in Brief 16 August 2019

16 August 2019
News in Brief
  • Displaced by DRC violence, survivors’ testimonies highlight brutality of armed militia
  • Two years after exodus, Myanmar’s ‘desperate’ Rohingya youth need education, skills: UNICEF
  • UN human rights office appeals to Zimbabwe to engage with protesters and ‘stop cracking down’
Audio -
4'9"
WFP/Tatenda Macheka

UN boosts humanitarian appeal to help tackle Zimbabwe’s ‘worst-ever’ hunger crisis

7 August 2019
Humanitarian Aid

With Zimbabwe now experiencing its “worst-ever hunger crisis”, the UN food relief agency has revised its humanitarian appeal to step up food assistance to people most affected by drought, flooding, and economic stagnation. 

WFP/Deborah Nguyen

Zimbabwe: Droughts leave millions food insecure, UN food agency scales up assistance 

19 July 2019
Humanitarian Aid

Severe drought has rendered more than a third of rural households in Zimbabwe – or around 3.5 million people – dangerously food insecure, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) revealed on Friday. 

IOM/Sandra Black

More than 3,400 classrooms damaged or destroyed by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, says UN Children’s Fund

19 April 2019
Humanitarian Aid

More than 305,000 children in Mozambique are losing out on lessons at school since the devastating floods caused by Cyclone Idai, which struck southeast Africa just over a month ago. 

UNHCR/Zinyange Auntony

News in Brief 28 March 2019

28 March 2019
News in Brief
  • Cyclone Idai’s toll on Zimbabwe 
  • Stem the bloodshed in Mali 
  • Journalist Khashoggi murder trials must meet international standards 
Audio -
3'31"
UNICEF/Prinsloo

‘Revved up climate action’ needed to counter ‘prolonged’ and deadly storms like Cyclone Idai: Guterres

26 March 2019
Humanitarian Aid

Cyclone Idai and the mounting death toll is “yet another alarm bell about the dangers of climate change” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, warning that vulnerable countries like Mozambique, would be hit the hardest unless urgent action is taken by nations across the world.

UNICEF/Prinsloo

‘Ticking bomb’ health warning over deteriorating conditions facing Cyclone Idai victims

25 March 2019
Humanitarian Aid

Efforts are continuing to reach all victims of Cyclone Idai in southern Africa where a senior relief chief has warned of a “water, sanitation and hygiene ticking bomb”, as the scale of the emergency continues to unfold, and the official death toll rises.