Zimbabwe

Why is Zimbabwe’s health sector crumbling?

Patients are being expected to perform miracles in the absence of drugs, equipment and other basic hospital consumables, while in some cases the doctors are made to conduct surgeries with bare hands.

Compensation for white ex-farmers sparks intense debate across Zimbabwe

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing a paradoxical situation with a whole cross-section of Zimbabweans questioning his decision to pay compensation to white commercial farmers.

Famine fears in cyclone-hit Mozambique

More than one million people are in need of emergency assistance in the aftermath of devastation wreaked by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique.

Tackling cholera after the devastation of Cyclone Idai

Climate change could help cholera make a comeback unless a concerted effort is made to spread awareness.

Cyclone Idai's death toll rises to 847 in southern Africa

Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Following is an outline of the disaster, according to government and UN officials.

Around 1.85M people affected by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique – UN

Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. UN chief Antonio Guterres is calling on the international community to fund appeals to aid the cyclone-hit region.

UN makes urgent appeal to help victims of Mozambique cyclone

The United Nations calls for $282 million for the next three months to help Mozambique start recovering from the devastation of Cyclone Idai.

Disease fears mount for Africa cyclone survivors

Officials warn of cholera and malaria outbreaks following Cyclone Idai's devastation in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi.

Aid workers scramble to get relief supplies to Mozambique cyclone victims

The WFP has declared the flood crisis in Mozambique a level three emergency, putting it on a par with Yemen, Syria and South Sudan.

Cyclone Idai deaths could exceed 1,000 as more bodies are found

A swathe of southern Africa scrambled for survival following a powerful cyclone that killed hundreds of people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, and displaced thousands of others.

'There is death all over': Cyclone Idai toll rises above 500

Torrential rains were expected to continue into Thursday and floodwaters were still rising, according to aid groups trying to get food, water and clothing to desperate survivors.

Cyclone Idai leaves hundreds dead in southern Africa

Cyclone Idai could prove to be the deadliest storm in generations to hit the impoverished southeast African country of 30 million people.