Zim ends year with bad human rights record

A ZIMBABWE Peace Project (ZPP) report has exposed a disturbing pattern of discrimination, coercion, and political manipulation in the distribution of food aid and agricultural inputs across the country.

Zimbabwe is in the midst of a harsh El Niño-induced drought, with over five million citizens in urgent need of food aid, according to humanitarian agencies.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa in April this year declared the drought a national disaster before appealing for US$3 billion in humanitarian assistance.

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