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Zimbabwe's refugee population to rise to 18,000 by year-end
Zimbabwe's refugee population is projected to reach 18,000 by December 2025, driven by the country's continued political stability and peaceful environment, government officials have revealed....Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 06:17hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Deportees get lifeline at Zimbabwe's points of entry
Thirty-six-year-old Thantabantu Dumani looks lost in thought as he finds his way into a Zimbabwe Red Cross (ZRCS) office in Beitbridge town.Dumani is among the "early birds" that have been fre...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:37hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Mukuru distributes millions in aid to vulnerable Africans
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 19, 2024 - Next-generation financial services platform, Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com), has successfully distributed millions in aid to disadvantaged recipients in Africa throu...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:41hrs | 51 | by APO
600 illegal immigrants deported
NEARLY 600 illegal immigrants were arrested and deported to their countries between January and June this year, while 71 are being investigated for forging police clearances and educational qualificat...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:18hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hosting 20 000 refugees
ZIMBABWE is hosting an estimated 20 000 refugees and asylum seekers most whom are facing challenges in obtaining identity documents for children born in the country, a senior government official has s...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Life of refugees at Zimbabwe's Tongogara Refugee Camp
"Before Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) came into this camp, I was always full of stress and anger," claimed Elina (26), a refugee staying at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge."There was no pl...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government of Zimbabwe helps meet refugees' food needs
HARARE - The Government of Zimbabwe has today contributed 4,400 mt of maize grain, to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to meet the food needs of refugees living at Tongogara Refugee Camp ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 11:20hrs | 10 | by APO/WFP
Schools shut as Cyclone Freddy approaches Zimbabwe
As the fringes of Tropical Storm Freddy reached Chipinge and Chimanimani yesterday, adding to the already heavy rain and lightning that earlier in the week struck and killed one person, Zimbabwe went ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:01hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
US pours US$647,000 into anti-Zimbabwe NGOs' coffers
THE United States government, through the US embassy's Ambassador's Self-Help Programme, has provided US$647 000 to 19 civil society organisations across the country to undertake various empowerment p...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is home to over 22 000 refugees
ZIMBABWE is now home to about 22 568 asylum seekers escaping conflicts in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Rwanda and Mozambique.Figures released by the Unite...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Relief for refugees, asylum seekers
THOUSANDS of migrants including refugees and asylum seekers have found relief in the Restoring Family Links programme that is being implemented by the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS).Restori...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt sued for detaining minors
CIVIC groups have taken government to court for detaining minors in the same prison cells as their convicted parents.The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and the Justice for Children (JCT) yest...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deports DRC refugees who allegedly looted food at refugee camp
The Zimbabwean government deported about 70 refugees back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in violation of international humanitarian law, the United States Embassy in Harare said....Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 10:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Homesick refugees reconnect with home
For Raphael Musasa, how he left his home in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s South Kivu province following attacks on the city of Bukavu by the CPCA-A64 militia remains a mystery.He de...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shelters 20 000 refugees, asylum seekers
ZIMBABWE is home to over 20 000 refugees and asylum seekers, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) revealed yesterday.In a statement, UNHCR ...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimstat begins population, housing pilot census
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) is embarking on a pilot census in selected areas across the country's 10 provinces in preparation for the 2022 population and housing census.T...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR seeks release of refugees arbitrarily detained in prison
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has asked Chief Immigration Officer Respect Gono to cause the release of some refugees, who were rounded up from Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge by some Zim...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 15:13hrs | 9 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe: A farmer harvests success in refugee camp
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - When Jean Damacene arrived at the Tongogara Refugee Camp in Zimbabwe, he was 38 years old and hoping to return to his country Rwanda soon. Eighteen years later, the maize farmer...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 14:14hrs | 2 | by APO
100 Congolese refugees escape from Zimbabwe refugee camp
AT LEAST 100 Congolese migrants, including children, are reportedly being detained by immigration authorities after they were discovered at a house in one of Bulawayo's low-density suburbs.The...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Census will account for all, says ZimStats boss
ZIMBABWE National Statistics Agency (ZimStats) director-general Taguma Mahonde has said no one will be left uncounted in the national census that will held next year.Mahonde made the remarks o...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Refugee jailed 18 years for murder
AN inmate at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge has been slapped with an 18-year jail term for fatally stabbing a fellow refugee, accusing him of dating his ex-wife.Simbarashe Mauraye Simango ...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rwandan refugees in Zimbabwe reject going back home
A GROUP of Rwandan refugees living in Zimbabwe are refusing to be repatriated, five years after losing their refugee status.Some 140 people, who are living in the Tongogara Refugee Camp in eas...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:12hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
UFO sighted in Chipinge
AN Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) was spotted in Chipinge on Friday night sparking several theories. Residents told The Manica Post that the UFO moved fast downwards, exploding, sparking fla...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PPE boost for Mpilo, Tsholotsho hospitals
MPILO Central Hospital and Tsholotsho District Hospital received a consignment of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) .The donation comes at a time w...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:43hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
What impact and advantages do foreigners have on the hosting country?
From time immemorial, people have been on the move, from one country to the other.The reasons for movement have always varied. Some movements have been short term, some medium and yet others have been...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 20:18hrs | 17 | by MOIR
'ZHRC making inroads at problematic institutions'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) says it has made inroads in ensuring observance of human rights at different problematic institutions such as prisons and refugee camps in the country....Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe wants Jehovah's Witnesses delegates to enjoy a rich & diverse spiritual programme
The Love Never Fails annual convention of Jehovah's Witnesses gets into high gear, with a bumper three-day programme beginning today in Harare and Chitungwiza, respectively.The spokesperson fo...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Macheso charms minister
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza could not hide her admiration for sungura musician Alick Macheso's music at the World Red Cross Day commemorations held at Tongogara Ref...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rescue mission reaches parts of cyclone-ravaged Chimanimani
THE Cyclone Idai rescue mission has finally reached some parts of Chimanimani where some of the marooned people were rescued, while 1 000 refugees from Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge South were ev...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flies out to Ethiopia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left Harare this Friday afternoon for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he will join other heads of state and government from the continent for the 32nd Ordinary Session of ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 Congolese illegal immigrants arrested
POLICE recently arrested 10 Congolese who entered the country through an undesignated point claiming to be seeking asylum.The Congolese, who included four women and two children, were intercep...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to give Tongogara refugees permits
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Social Welfare has urged the government to decongest Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge by granting renewable residents' permits to refugees...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Moza to discuss refugees repatriation
THE United Nations High Commission on Refugee (UNHCR) in conjunction with Zimbabwean and Mozambican Governments have set in motion plans to begin repatriation of Mozambican refugees to their native co...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rejected asylum seekers in Botswana flee into Zimbabwe
FRANCISTOWN - Of the 359 asylum seekers who were rejected by Botswana, 260 have fled to Zimbabwe where they are housed at the Tongogara refugee camp, Mmegi online reported.Last month, the gove...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Zanu-PF plots to register all refugees at Tongogara Refugee Camp'
MDC-T yesterday claimed to have exposed a Zanu-PF sinister plot to register all refugees at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Manicaland as potential voters and manipulate them to vote for the ruling party in...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 13:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces refugee influx from Mozambique
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Prisca Mupfumira, says Zimbabwe is bracing for an influx of Mozambican refugees following a fresh wave of political instability in the neighbouri...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
FLOODS THREAT: Chipinge district on high alert
The Chipinge District Civil Protection Unit (CPU) is on high alert to respond to the ever increasing water levels in Save River which is posing a serious threat of floods.Chipinge district...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 15:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Over 9 000 foreigners seek refuge in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is home to over 9 000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia and Ethiopia housed at the Tongogara Refugee Camp, a Labour ministry official said. ...Published: 28 Nov 2016 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds flee Renamo violence
Hundreds of Mozambican refugees and Zimbabwean emigrants are flocking into Manicaland, fleeing increased attacks by Renamo bandits in Mozambique. Authorities estimate that at least 400 families have e...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 16:12hrs | 2 | by Langton Nyakwenda
36 Congolese nationals intercepted at Plumtree
Thirty six Congolese refugees were intercepted at Plumtree Border Post while trying to illegally exit the country into Botswana.The foreigners are said to have escaped from Tongogara Refugee C...Published: 07 Jul 2015 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Religious Freedom flourishes in Zimbabwe
As the persecution of Christians is on the increase in some parts of the world, the issue of religious liberty is increasingly becoming a contemporary global issue. Two weeks ago, the Seve...Published: 03 Jul 2014 at 09:00hrs | 10 | by Tafara Shumba
MDC-T plans poster campaign against Mugabe poll win
Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-T party, landslide loser of last month's general election, plans to plaster the country with posters to back up its claim that President Robert Mugabe stole the vote in an e...Published: 14 Aug 2013 at 13:28hrs | 1 | by FFZE
Condom saves girl from being raped by teacher
A 14-year-old Rwandese refugee has told a Mutare court that a Zimbabwean teacher str1pped her naked before attempting to rape her. She bolted out of the cabin when the teacher reached for a condom....Published: 09 Mar 2013 at 10:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Churches asked to deal with satanism at Harare prison
Zimbabwe Prison Services Commissioner Retired Major General Paradzai Zimondi on Wednesday pleaded with the churches to cleanse the Harare Remand Prison of satanism.Zimondi's deputy, Huggins M...Published: 22 Feb 2013 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Satanists speak their mind
Homosexual and lesbian intimacy is central to their diabolic rituals. Innocent human lives are also sacrificed to keep their "blood bank" at optimum level. Red candles, strands of red cloth an...Published: 10 Feb 2013 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'I made contract with the devil' - Self-proclaimed satanists
Two self-proclaimed satanists incarcarated at the Harare Central Remand Prison have dared authorites to let them prove their exploits. The two Congolese nationals were arrested last year along...Published: 02 Feb 2013 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Well-organised border jumping syndicate smashed
POLICE in Beitbridge smashed what appears to be a well-organised border jumping syndicate when they intercepted a Bulawayo cross-border bus, which was carrying 16 undocumented people among them three ...Published: 12 May 2012 at 00:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Haulage truck carrying 58 undocumented 'refugees' intercepted
POLICE have intercepted a haulage truck which was carrying 58 undocumented "refugees" from East and Central Africa who intended to illegally cross into South Africa through undesignated entry points a...Published: 29 Dec 2011 at 22:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim elected into International Organisation for Migration Council
Zimbabwe has been elected to the general council of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and to the executive committee of the 146-member world body Ministry of Labour and Social Service...Published: 19 Dec 2011 at 00:20hrs | 1 | by staff reporter
Zimbabwe's asylum laws 'non-xenophobic'
Zimbabwe's hospitable laws on asylum seekers have led to an influx of refugees mainly from the Great Lakes region and the Horn of Africa.Since the beginning of the year, Zimbabwe has received ...Published: 24 Aug 2011 at 16:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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