The military has taken control of food production by small-scale farmers in parts of southern Zimbabwe, a rights NGO headed by church leaders claimed recently.
The Solidarity Peace Trust alleges that army units have "hijacked" plots and maize harvests in the southern province of Matabeleland, leaving smallholder farmers with no income or food.
Botswana is struggling to control a diarrhoea epidemic that has claimed the lives of 470 children since January. "A few adult cases have been reported but mostly children are affected," Colo Boitshoko, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health said. "We had a lot of rain for this time of the year."
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/ 27 February 2004
The Zimbabwe government has announced it will embark on a countrywide exercise to update the voters’ roll ahead of parliamentary elections, due in March 2005. "We want to ensure that all eligible voters are registered in time for the general elections," Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi announced over the weekend.