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Zimbabwe heads to the polls on Monday for landmark elections, the first since Robert Mugabe was ousted in November after 37 years in power. But despite promises of a new corruption-free era, monitors, experts, and the opposition allege that once again ...
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July 24, 2018 Web Desk
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21 June 2018, Rome - Food that ‘disappears' from the food chain after harvest owing to spoilage could feed an estimated 48 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. A project by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the African Union and Th...
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July 4, 2018 Web Desk
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A woman carries freshly-harvested cabbage in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Food that is lost through spoilage after harvest could feed an estimated 48 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa.21 June 2018, Rome - Food that ‘disappears' from the f...
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June 21, 2018 Web Desk
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The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) new Crop Prospects and Food Situation reveals that since its last report in March, the number of countries requiring external food assistance has jumped by two, namely Cabo Verde and Senegal...
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June 7, 2018 Web Desk
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Herders take their animals to water in Niger.7 June 2018, Rome - Global food supply conditions remain broadly ample, but conflicts continue to acutely aggravate and prolong severe food insecurity. Adverse local weather conditions have also raised the n...
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June 7, 2018 Web Desk
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HARARE – The Government of Japan has announced a contribution of US$ 1 million to enhance the resilience of communities in Zimbabwe through a comprehensive set of life-saving health, nutrition, food security and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) int...
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April 20, 2018 Web Desk
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The Economic and Social Council today began the coordination and management meetings of its 2018 session with the election of members to a number of subsidiary bodies.It elected members to, and filled outstanding vacancies on, the following bodies...
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April 16, 2018 Web Desk
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