WEST AFRICA: Another stab at the "resource curse"
DAKAR, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - In Africa billions of dollars from oil, gas and mining revenues go missing, leaving populations dependent on international assistance, according to a new report on natural resource use on the continent.
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ZIMBABWE: No winds of change at the Grain Marketing Board
HARARE, 1 July 2009 (IRIN) - The Zimbabwean government has announced new measures to boost local cereal purchases through its crisis-ridden Grain Marketing Board (GMB), but farmers are not convinced the plan will work.
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ZIMBABWE: The bad news of a relatively good maize harvest
JOHANNESBURG , 25 June 2009 (IRIN) - A more than two fold increase in Zimbabwe's production of its staple, maize, in 2009 will not be enough to rid the country of food insecurity.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Climate proofing the Zambezi
JOHANNESBURG, 25 June 2009 (IRIN) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched a USD$ 8 million initiative to help build the disaster resilience of 600,000 people living along the Zambezi river in seven southern African countries.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Special permit for Zimbabweans on hold
JOHANNESBURG, 23 June 2009 (IRIN) - The special permit for Zimbabwean migrants, announced by the South African government, is being put on hold pending a review of the decision by cabinet.
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ZIMBABWE: Good governance the key to donor funding
HARARE, 19 June 2009 (IRIN) - A strategy is being devised to allow donors to sidestep Zimbabwe's central bank and channel funds directly to a ministry controlled by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Child migrants walking into trouble
JOHANNESBURG, 17 June 2009 (IRIN) - Up to 21,000 independent child migrants from outside South Africa are living in the country, according to a discussion document by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
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ZIMBABWE: Passing around the hat
JOHANNESBURG, 15 June 2009 (IRIN) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has won US$73 million in aid from the United States on the first leg of an international tour aimed at drumming up financial support for his beleaguered government, and will try to persuade European donors to dig deeper into their pockets.
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ZIMBABWE: Red Cross feeding thousands of prisoners
JOHANNESBURG, 8 June 2009 (IRIN) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is feeding 6,300 prisoners in Zimbabwe's jails and this number is expected to rise as the international aid agency expands the survey of inmate nutritional levels.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Feeling more food secure
JOHANNESBURG, 5 June 2009 (IRIN) - Southern Africa's food security has "greatly improved", according to the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS-NET), and unofficial estimates predict a better cereal harvest than last year.
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