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3 April – President Emmerson Mnangagwa declares a state of national disaster due to a drought that wipes out half the country's maize crop. [2]5 April – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe introduces the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) as the country's new currency to replace the Zimbabwean dollar as from 8 April.
March 31, 2024 at 3:32 AM. MANGWE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Delicately and with intense concentration, ... The drought in Zimbabwe, neighboring Zambia and Malawi has reached crisis levels.
Zimbabwe declared a state of national disaster and appealed for humanitarian assistance from international donors in 2019, after a failed crop left tens of thousands in need. Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema declared the current drought a national disaster in February, saying that almost half of his country’s staple corn crop had been ...
The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that it was working with Zimbabwe's government and aid agencies to provide food to 2.7 million rural people in the country as the El Nino weather ...
Zimbabwe declared a state of disaster Wednesday over a devastating drought that's sweeping across much of southern Africa, with the country’s president saying it needs $2 billion for ...
Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe declared a state of disaster. [43] The 2024 drought in Zambia was believed to be the worst to hit the country in at least two decades. In February 2024, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema said that almost half of the country’s "planted area" had been "destroyed". [44] [45]
Drought is a huge contributing factor to Zimbabwe's national famine and it occurs often, it results in the decrease of food-stocks & cash flow coming into the country. This shed light on the nation's dependency problems and essentially forced the nation to adopt government SAPs from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in 1991.
Zimbabwe lost 160 elephants in its premier Hwange National Park in the year to January 2024, according to the country's wildlife authority. Botswana lost 300 elephants to drought last year ...