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Zimbabwe: 20,000 Displaced Flood Victims Lack Adequate Food, Shelter
HRW, 3 February 2015
The Zimbabwe government has used violence, harassment, and the deliberate restriction of humanitarian aid to coerce an estimated 20,000 flood victims to resettle on tiny land plots… Read more »
Flood Victims in Zimbabwe Forced Into Precarious Resettlement
The Zimbabwe government has reportedly used violence and intimidation to coerce 20,000 flood victims to resettle on tiny plots, says Human Rights Watch.
Amai Wadzanai Moyo sits outside her new home soon after being relocated from her village in south-eastern Zimbabwe's Masvingo Province to make way for construction of the Tokwe-Mukosi Dam.
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3 February 2015
Homeless, Landless, and Destitute: The Plight of Zimbabwe’s Tokwe-Mukorsi Flood Victims
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- Human Rights Watch
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In February 2014, Zimbabwe's immense Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam basin flooded following heavy rains. Under construction since 1998, the 1.8 million ... see more »
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2 February 2015
Zimbabweans Coerced into Precarious Resettlement
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- Human Rights Watch
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The Zimbabwe government has used violence, harassment and the deliberate restriction of humanitarian aid to coerce an estimated 20,000 flood victims ... see more »
InFocus
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According to a report by aid agencies that were helping the victims since their displacement, the displaced families urgently need permanent homes to avert a catastrophe as the ... Read more »
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Thousands of people living along the Tokwe Mukosi dam basin continue to suffer after water, escaping from cracks in the dam wall, flooded the river that flows towards villages. Read more »
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Over 100 families that were relocated to a camp in Chingwizi following floods that hit the basin last year have returned to their original homes in the Tokwe-Mukosi flood basin in ... Read more »
