El Nino

Zimbabweans Starve While Zanu PF Will Spend US$800,000 On Mugabe’s 93rd Birthday

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Zimbabweans Starve While Zanu PF Will Spend US$800,000 On Mugabe’s 93rd Birthday

THE ruling Zanu-PF party is reportedly planning to splash at least $800 000 on President Robert Mugabe’s 92nd birthday bash to be held in the drought-stricken Masvingo province next month. Zanu-PF secretary for finance Obert Mpofu yesterday declined to comment over the banquet, referring all questions to the party national youth finance secretary Tongai Kasukuwere. “The event is being organised by the Youth League and they have a secretary for finance who is handling all…

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Zanu PF Desperation: VP Mphoko, Like Mugabe Calls For National Prayers To Avert Starvation

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Zanu PF Desperation: VP Mphoko, Like Mugabe Calls For National Prayers To Avert Starvation

Acting President Phelekezela Mphoko has called on Zimbabweans to look up to God to spare the nation the worst effects of the hot weather conditions being experienced countrywide. Acting President Mphoko said this yesterday during a service at the Family of God (FOG) church in Bulawayo where he pleaded with Christians to pray for rains in national prayer sessions that started on Saturday and will end on Sunday. He said President Mugabe had urged the…

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‘Zanu PF Regime’s Delay In Declaring National Disaster And Appealing To (WFP) Is Evil’

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‘Zanu PF Regime’s Delay In Declaring National Disaster And Appealing To (WFP) Is Evil’

The delay by the government in declaring a national disaster and making an appeal to the World Food Programme (WFP) for food assistance in order to feed millions of starving Zimbabweans due to the poor harvests of the 2015 season and the impending El Nino driven drought is a true reflection of Zanu PF’s heartlessness and selfishness. It is now clear that Zimbabwe will have biggest humanitarian crisis worse than the 1981/82 and 1992/93 periods…

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11 Million Eastern & Southern Africa Children Face Hunger, Disease, & Water Shortages, Because Of Worst El Nino Weather In Decades,

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11 Million Eastern & Southern Africa Children Face Hunger, Disease, & Water Shortages, Because Of Worst El Nino Weather In Decades,

AT least 11 million children in eastern and southern Africa face hunger, disease, and water shortages as a result of the strongest El Nino weather phenomenon in decades, the United Nations children’s fund said. Severe drought and floods are causing malnutrition and increasing children’s vulnerability to killer diseases such as malaria, diarrhoea, cholera, and dengue fever, Unicef said on Tuesday. “The consequences could ripple through generations unless affected communities receive support,” it said in a…

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