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Zimbabwe human rights abuses rattle UN
OUTGOING United Nations (UN) Resident Co-ordinator in Zimbabwe Bishow Parajuli says government must bring to justice perpetrators of human rights violations, as lack of action is hurting the country....Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not moved by Western hostility, says Mohadi
Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi said Thursday Zimbabwe is not moved by the hostility that it is getting from some Western countries as most of it is historical.Speaking to journalists aft...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Xinhua
President Mohadi raps Western detractors
Acting President Kembo Mohadi has said Zimbabwe will remain tough against its Western detractors' bid for regime change. He ridiculed some Western countries for "believing their own lies" about the ob...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to chair SADC disaster committee
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will chair the SADC committee that constitutes a minister from each Member State responsible for coordinating disaster-related issues, an official has said. The setting up ...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa's govt launches US$500 million food aid appeal
GOVERNMENT in conjunction with the World Food Programme (WFP) and other international development partners yesterday launched a revised humanitarian appeal of almost US$500 million to assist people in...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares drought national disaster
President Mnangagwa has declared the 2018/2019 El-Nino-induced drought a State of National Disaster, paving way for the launch of the Revised Zimbabwe Humanitarian Appeal yesterday by Government and t...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe food crisis an emergency, says UN
Zimbabwe's food situation is moving from a crisis to an emergency because of El Nino-induced drought and the ongoing economic meltdown, the United Nations has said.Plaxedes Chibura of Epworth,...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:19hrs | 1 | by VOA/ UN News
Zupco to get additional new buses this week
THE Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) is expected to take delivery of additional new buses this week, most of which will be deployed to rural areas, as Government broadens social safety nets ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt releases $100m for Cyclone Idai
Government has so far released $100 million as it intensifies efforts to assist victims of Cyclone Idai by way of restoring basic infrastructure and ensuring that the affected people access food and o...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UN dismisses 'absolute nonsense' Zimbabwe reports
The United Nations (UN) yesterday dismissed as "nonsense" online media reports that it had approved the intervention of a multinational force to Zimbabwe, saying it was a clear misinterpretation of a ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
UN launches US$234m aid appeal for Zimbabwe
The United Nations yesterday launched a US$234 million international aid appeal to help Zimbabwe tackle a drought that has left a third of its population in need of relief over the next six months....Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa engages UN chief
The United Nations (UN) Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mr Mark Lowcock yesterday paid a courtesy call on President Mnangagwa at Munhumutapa Offices. ...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt donates seized second hand clothes to Zanu-PF supporters
THE government has parceled out loads of goods seized by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) to villagers in Uzumba Maramba-Pfungwe (UMP), an area that has consistently given Zanu-PF the biggest vo...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:34hrs | | by newzimbabwe
New UN Ambassador to Zim appointed
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday received the incoming United Nations Ambassador to Zimbabwe Bishow Parajuli, Foreign at State House.Parajuli was presenting his credentials for t...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 10:53hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa snubs prayer breakfast attended by Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today snubbed The National Leadership Prayer Breakfast Meeting organised by church leaders and attended by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa. Mnangagwa decided to send Mi...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 14:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
UN allocates $3,1m for peace building in Zimbabwe
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has presented Zimbabwe with a $3,15 million grant to kick-start a peace-building fund for the country.The fund is part of Guterres' initiative...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa more violent than Mugabe' says top lawyer
Top Human Rights lawyer Dr. Pedzisai Ruhanya has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a violent person who unleashes savage attacks at women.Ruhanya was commenting on the incident t...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 14:46hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chaos reigns as Mnangagwa's police eject Chamisa's MPs
Violence broke out in the National Assembly before Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced the 2019 national budget statement after the Speaker Jacob Mudenda unleashed police officers on MDC Alliance ...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi calls for UN Security Council reforms
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday said African countries will continue to demand their rightful place within the United Nations Security Council, currently dominated by five permanent members....Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Commission to open lid on Gukurahundi massacres
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) yesterday said it plans to keep incidences of human rights abuses open, including the Gukurahundi massacres, open until they have been resolved ...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aid agencies rescue Zimbabwe
International aid agencies contributed $931 million towards effective humanitarian support to vulnerable Zimbabweans since 2016, the United Nations (UN) has said.The statistics were revealed a...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 13:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe election will be free,' says UN - if cannot speak truth to power then shut up
Dear Mr Bishow Parajuli, UN Resident Co-ordinator Many thinking Zimbabweans out there are asking: What organisation is Mr Bishow Parajuli working for? On paper, you are the "UN Residen...Published: 28 May 2018 at 22:58hrs | | by Zimbabwe Social Democrats
Zimbabwe elections will be free, fair, says UN
The United Nations mission in Zimbabwe has claimed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling government is doing its best to ensure that a mid-year general election is "free and fair."Bishow Paraj...Published: 28 May 2018 at 13:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's six months in office
It is now exactly six months since President Mnangagwa's inauguration on November 24, 2017 as the country's second Executive President and analysts say he has indeed ticked the boxes in as far as esta...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
UN calls for International support of Zimbabwe - to what end; help the junta whilst patronising povo
"Bishow Parajuli, UN resident coordinator and resident representative for the UN Development Programme, said now was the time to support the southern African nation," reported Africa News Agency....Published: 26 May 2018 at 17:54hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe needs more international support - UN
With a new administration in place and plans to hold free and fair general elections later this year, authorities in Zimbabwe are hoping to see greater international investment in their country, accor...Published: 25 May 2018 at 14:49hrs | | by Agencies
UN calls on Zimbabwe to abolish death penalty
United Nations (UN) resident co-ordinator Bishow Parajuli has cited the death penalty as one of the critical issues which needs swift abolishment as the country under the new dispensation led by Presi...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rolls on HPV vaccination for girls
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has announced dates for human papillomavirus vaccination for girls aged between 10 and 14.The mass vaccination programme will run from 14 to 18 May....Published: 10 May 2018 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Byo24News Reporter
400 000 undergo cervical cancer screening
United Nations Population Fund has screened more than 400 000 women since it embarked on the National Cervical Screening Programme, UN senior staffer has said.Launching the Human Papillomaviru...Published: 02 May 2018 at 16:37hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
Mnangagwa charms UN
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangangwa's mantra that "Zimbabwe is open for business" has received plaudits from the United Nations systems in Zimbabwe.In a statement, the UN resident co-ordinator in Zi...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga meets UN's Parajuli
The United Nations has pledged to continue working with Government in various priority areas and assist where reforms are needed. This was said by United Nations resident coordinator in Zimbab...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK hands Zimbabwe US$30m towards resilience building fund
The government of the United Kingdom has announced a US$30 million contribution to Zimbabwe's resilience building fund.The signing ceremony took place between head of DFID Zimbabwe Mrs Annabel...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZEC's long road to BVR success
These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no ...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 14:14hrs | | by Charles Motsi
MDC-T, Zanu-PF activists seriously injured in skirmishes
SEVERAL MDC-T and Zanu-PF activists were on Sunday afternoon seriously injured following violent inter-party clashes in Unit N, Chitungwiza.The violence, according to witnesses, broke out afte...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khama mocks Mugabe
BOTSWANA President Ian Khama yesterday rubbed salt on President Robert Mugabe's injured ego, poking fun of the Zanu-PF leader's humiliation by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which dethroned him ...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Mugabe, a champion of human rights
President Robert Mugabe has always been a champion of human rights and democracy despite his detractors professing ignorance to this fact.Reports from some sections of the media have it that U...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 16:14hrs | | by Chido Chikuni
UNDP endorses Chinese BVR kits supply
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has endorsed China's Laxton Group as the best company to supply biometric voter registration (BVR) kits which will be used to register voters ahead of n...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Japan donates $1 million to ZEC
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday got a shot in the arm after the Japanese embassy donated $1 million as part of Tokyo's contribution to promote the work of the electoral management bo...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
UN refuses to mediate between Zimbabwe and Western countries
UNITED Nations resident coordinator Bishow Parajuli yesterday said the international agency had no role mediating in the diplomatic fallout between Harare and individual Western countries, especially ...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe still needs aid'
ZIMBABWE will again this year extend its begging bowl to the international donor community for poverty alleviation and development assistance.As has been the case before, the United Nations De...Published: 19 May 2017 at 15:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
UNDP happy with BVR kits
CONTRARY to wild claims from the MDC-T that Government's procurement of Biometric Voter Registration kits was Zanu-PF's way of trying to rig the 2018 harmonised elections, the United Nations h...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
UN quashes MDC-T rigging claims
CONTRARY to MDC-T's wild claims that Government's procurement of Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits was Zanu-PF's way of trying to rig the 2018 harmonised elections, the United Nations ha...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nera to defy demo ban
Zimbabwean opposition parties and street protest movements yesterday vowed to demonstrate in Harare's Central Business District (CBD) despite a police ban.Yesterday's meeting of a coalition of...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 14:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
UN deals Tsvangirai et al heavy blow
THE United Nations has dealt a heavy blow to opposition calls for government to desist from taking over the procurement of biometric voter registration (BVR) kits after the world body stated the m...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe regime begs for $200m
The cash-strapped government is begging the international community for $200 million in aid to repair the country's infrastructure which was damaged by floods. ...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 15:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
UN launch urgent assistance appeal for Zimbabwe's flood victims
THE United Nations has launched an urgent appeal for humanitarian assistance for hundreds of victims of flooding in southern Zimbabwe where Cyclone Dineo-induced rains left a trail of destruction....Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 18:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Kasukuwere visits damaged Nkankezi bridge
ZANU PF National Political Commissar, Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Saviour Kasukuwere on Friday visited the damaged Nkankezi river bridge.Kasukuwere said the...Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 00:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe launches international humanitarian appeal
THE Government yesterday launched an international humanitarian appeal following floods that affected nearly all parts of the country's provinces and killed 246 people.At least 128 people ...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ally warns against technology abuse
THE Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Dr Christopher Mushohwe yesterday commended the role played by radio in mobilising people during the country's liberation struggle addi...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
$8.5 billion health plan unveiled
Government has unveiled an $8,5 billion action plan expected to improve service delivery in all health institutions, provide an enabling environment for the health sector and strengthen priority h...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
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