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Thirty-five people were killed and 71 others seriously injured when a bus carrying members of the Zion Christian Church was involved in an accident in Chipinge, southeastern Zimbabwe on Thursday night.

Last week various social media platforms and some online publications were awash with the news of a meeting in South Africa between former ZANU PF

Zimbabwean authorities on Monday arrested nine Congolese men who allegedly slipped into the country in transit to South Africa where they intended to start new lives.

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By Felix Matasva MUTARE: Over 1 500 people have been killed or maimed by landmines while more than 120 000 livestock have also perished since independence in 1980. As a result, a local Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) organisation has urged the government to compile a database of people injured by explosives during the liberation war in communities along Zimbabwe’s border with Mozambique so that the victims are assisted by the state. Chipinge has been pointed out by the Quadriplegics and Para...

Police have confirmed the incident, saying investigations were in progress. According to the police, the now-deceased Lucky Tsegure (39) of Mukumba Village under Chief Mapungwana is reported to have sold a dog to Clement Chibvepi. The dog is reported to have been stolen from a local man only identified as Chimene. Provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Luxson Chananda said on May 12 at around 1700hrs, Tsegure and Solomon Mudimba Mutisi went to Themba Ndambi homestead to partake illicit beer ...

China helps reduce maternal deaths in Chimanimani  At least 634 people lost their lives when Idai ravaged Chimanimani and surrounding areas in March 2019. Most infrastructure, including clinics, hospitals and schools were levelled by the heavy rains and mudslides, leaving residents, particularly pregnant women without any form of health care facility. However, with the aid of the Chinese government and other well-wishers, maternal deaths in Chimanimani and Chipinge dropped by 46 percent in 202...

Capacitating rural health facilities with rapid COVID-19 testing Format The trainings enabled health workers in rural health facilities to use RDT as a diagnostic test WHO supported in boosting national capacity to perform COVID-19 antigen RDT tests. WHO experts trained rural health facilities (Makombe, Chaswingo, Dite Chikwarakwara, Tsitulipasi, Swereki, Zezani, Chamnangana, and Masera) in Beitbridge District on using antigen RDT as a diagnostic test for COVID-19. High-performance antigen R...

Zimbabwe: Tropical Cyclone Eloise Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA), DREF n°: MDRZW015 Format Description of the disaster Tropical cyclone Eloise entered Zimbabwe on 23 January at about 20:00 hrs with wind speeds of 160 kilometres per hour (kph) (99 miles per hour). It brought heavy rains in Masvingo, Manicaland and Matebeleland Provinces which covers the southern part of Zimbabwe. According to the Government’s Meteorological Services Department (MSD), these heavy rains have caused flooding, m...

IOM Zimbabwe Preparedness and Response Flash Update | 24 January 2021 Format • Urgent support needed for 34 displaced families in Budiriro, Harare. SITUATION OVERVIEW IOM, UN Migration Agency continues to provide support to Government of Zimbabwe as well as the individuals and communities affected by crisis, and to actively contribute to the efforts of the international community to identify ways to address future humanitarian challenges more effectively. IOM activities in Zimbabwe include di...