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09 December 2009 4:37 PM | Tagged: red cross appeals m zimbabwe food aid
JOHANNESBURG - The Red Cross says they need $32 million to feed 220,000 Zimbabweans who cannot access hard currency in the collapsed economy. The Red Cross' Zimbabwe representative Stephen Omollo said Wednesday the International Federation of Red Cr

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09 December 2009 3:27 PM | Tagged: great progress zimbabwe official
HARARE - A top UN official on Wednesday praised great progress in easing Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis, but urged donors to continue supporting the country's recovery from a decade of economic freefall. It has been refreshing to see great progr

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07 December 2009 2:57 PM | Tagged: un seeking m food medicine zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe - The United Nations is appealing for $378 million for Zimbabwe to buy food and medicines and bolster health, education and sanitation in the economically crippled country. U.N. deputy emergency aid chief Catherine Bragg said Monday

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07 December 2009 12:27 PM | Tagged: un appeals food medicine zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe - The United Nations is appealing for $378 million for Zimbabwe to buy food and medicines and bolster health, education and sanitation in the economically crippled country. U.N. deputy emergency aid chief Catherine Bragg said Monday

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29 November 2009 4:37 PM | Tagged: zimbabwe pm welcomes south africas intervention
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's prime minister says he is thankful for South African efforts to rescue his coalition government. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, speaking at a party rally Sunday, said South African President Jacob Zuma could visit so

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25 November 2009 10:47 AM | Tagged: zimbabwe child mortality percent un says
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's infant mortality rate has risen by 20 percent over the past two decades as children under five succumb to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and pneumonia, a joint government and United Nations survey showed on Tuesday. The United N

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25 November 2009 10:17 AM | Tagged: global fund grant boost zimbabwe health system
HARARE - Zimbabwe's ailing public health system will receive a 180 million US dollar boost to fight HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria from the Global Fund, state media reported Wednesday. The government and the Global Fund signed for the relea

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20 November 2009 5:49 AM | Tagged: zimbabwe confirm participation cecafa senior challenge cup
Zimbabwe has confirmed their participation in the forth- coming Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup to take place November 28 to December 13 in Kenya.Nicholas Musonye, the secretary general of the Council for East and Central African Football (Cecafa) was q