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  Republic of Zimbabwe
As the people of the United States grapple with the threat posed by biological weapons of mass destruction in the form of anthrax, we in Zimbabwe, who have to date been the greatest victims of this weapon, know what it means and what you are going through.
In Zimbabwe, the colonial legacy is poignantly evident in the racially skewed land ownership structure in the country as a direct result of racist policies and laws of successive colonial regimes between 1890 and 1980.
Zimbabwe's infection rate in the adult population is estimated at 30% while hundreds of thousands of children have already been orphaned as a result of this dreaded disease.
www.un.org /webcast/ga/56/statements/011110zimbabweE.htm   (1299 words)

  
 Zimbabwe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republic of Zimbabwe is a country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers.
Zimbabwe is a republic, with an executive president and a unicameral Parliament, formerly known as the House of Assembly.
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country, surrounded by South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique.
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 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe became independent in April 1980, when the Lancaster House agreements with Britain brought to an end 15 years of unilaterally declared independence by the former white-minority Government of Rhodesia and the armed conflict that engendered it.
Zimbabwe is a multiparty republic with an executive president and a parliament consisting of 150 members.
The “Zimbabwe Connection” is a not-for-profit, voluntary, Association duly registered in terms of the Associations Incorporations Act, 1985.Its objectives are to provide assistance to all Zimbabweans who, for whatever reasons, have left or are intending to leave Zimbabwe to make a new home for themselves and their families in Australia.
us-africa.tripod.com /zimbabwe.html   (2499 words)

  
 Zimbabwe, country, Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Zimbabwe’s official language is English, with Shona and Ndebele being the prominent African languages.
Zimbabwe’s economy is basically agricultural, with cotton and tobacco the principal cash crops and corn the chief food source.
Zimbabwe is a parliamentary democracy, governed according to the 1979 constitution.
www.bartleby.com /65/zi/Zimbabwe.html   (1996 words)

  
 Zimbabwe --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It shares a 125-mile (200-kilometre) border on the south with the Republic of South Africa and is bounded on the southwest and west by Botswana, on the north by Zambia, and on the northeast and east by Mozambique.
It is bordered by Tanzania on the north and by Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and South Africa on the west.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo borders it on the north; Tanzania on the northeast; Malawi on the east; Mozambique, Zimbabwe, a tip of Botswana, and Namibia on the south; and Angola on the west.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9109721   (777 words)

  
 Republic of Zimbabwe - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Republic of Zimbabwe
Former name of Zambia (Northern Rhodesia) and Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), in southern Africa.
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Republic+of+Zimbabwe   (85 words)

  
 History of ZIMBABWE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Great Zimbabwe is not close to the local gold seam, but its power derives from controlling the trade in gold.
In the 15th century Great Zimbabwe is eclipsed by two other kingdoms, one to the south at Khami (near modern Bulawayo) and one to the north, near Mount Darwin.
Lobengula is the son of Mzilikazi, the leader of the Ndebele who established a new kingdom (in present-day Zimbabwe) after being driven north by the Boers in 1837.
www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad28   (2964 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Zimbabwe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
After a brief period as Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979 under an internal settlement between the regime and part of the African opposition movement, the country was returned to British rule at the end of 1979 pending elections which led to legal independence under majority government on April 18, 1980.
In 2002, Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations on charges of human rights abuses and of election tampering.
Zimbabwe is divided into 8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status: Bulawayo*, Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midlands.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Zimbabwe   (943 words)

  
 Background Notes Archive - Africa
Zimbabwe Since Independence Prime Minister Mugabe's policy of reconciliation was generally successful during the country's first two years of independence, as the former political and military opponents began to work together.
In November 1982, Zimbabwe was chosen by the OAU to hold one of the nonpermanent seats in the U.N. Security Council for the following two years, which brought it onto the center stage of world events and gave it much needed experience in international affairs.
Zimbabwe also has substantial coal reserves that are utilized for power generation, and recently discovered in Matabeleland province are coalbed methane deposits greater than any know natural gas field in Southern or Eastern Africa.
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/af/zimbabwe9511.html   (4980 words)

  
 NCA - Constitution of Zimbabwe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Zimbabwe is a sovereign republic and shall be known as "the Republic of Zimbabwe".
There shall be a public seal of Zimbabwe, showing the coat of arms of Zimbabwe with the inscription "Republic of Zimbabwe", which shall be kept by the President.
This Constitution is the supreme law of Zimbabwe and if any other law is inconsistent with this Constitution that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.
www.nca.org.zw /COZ/coz_1.htm   (100 words)

  
 AEGiS: Republic of Zimbabwe
UN sanctions and a guerrilla uprising finally led to free elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980.
Zimbabwe, one of Africa's most beautiful countries and home to the gorgeous Victoria Falls, sets on a high plateau between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers, with a range of mountains and highlands along the eastern border.
SHAPE Zimbabwe is a Non-Governmental Organisation which is working to promote AIDS awareness among young people in Zimbabwe.
www.aegis.com /countries/zimbabwe.html   (1020 words)

  
 Amnesty International Report 2002 - Africa - ZIMBABWE
The rights to the rainforest were conceded by the DRC government in return for Zimbabwe's military aid, including an estimated 1,000 troops, in the continuing conflict with rebel forces in eastern DRC.
Tawanda Hondora had gone to Chikomba with the two other lawyers to investigate allegations of intimidation and assault of witnesses in cases where election procedures were being challenged in the High Court.
Zimbabwe: Appeal to the European Union and the Commonwealth (AI Index: AFR 46/010/2001)
web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/afr/zimbabwe!Open   (2153 words)

  
 Elections in Zimbabwe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Zimbabwe has a population of around 12,5 million on 386,670 km².
The country is a presidential republic where despite democratic structures there is no fair chance for the opposition.
Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 6 and on civil rights with a 6, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free).
www.electionworld.org /zimbabwe.htm   (249 words)

  
 ZIMBABWE NEWS ZIMBABWEAN NEWS | HavenWorks.com/world/zimbabwe capital: Harare, Republic of Zimbabwe, formerly: ...
HavenWorks.com/world/zimbabwe capital: Harare, Republic of Zimbabwe, formerly: Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia
In the aftermath of a two-day opposition-led strike in March, while the world's eyes were focused on Iraq, hundreds of Zimbabweans were beaten and hospitalized, arrested and tortured.
White farmers in Zimbabwe are bracing for new evictions as a deadline expires for them to stop working the land."...
www.havenworks.com /world/zimbabwe   (296 words)

  
 Zimbabwe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Zimbabwe Bird is the National Emblem of Zimbabwe.
The origins of the graphical style illustrated here and used on the flags made in Zimbabwe can be traced back to the Coat of Arms of Rhodesia, which were set upon the white stripe of the vertical tricolour of green-white-green, the Bird being in-chief.
There was no new Coat of Arms adopted during the Zimbabwe Rhodesia period (June 1979 to Dec 1979) or during interim period between Dec 1979 and Apr 1980 when the country returned to its former status as a British Colony.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/zw.html   (1975 words)

  
 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, a landlocked country in south-central Africa, is slightly smaller than California.
In 2000, veterans of Zimbabwe's war for independence in the 1970s began squatting on land owned by white farmers in an effort to reclaim land taken under British colonization—one-third of Zimbabwe's arable land was owned by 4,000 whites.
In March 2002, Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0108169.html   (952 words)

  
 Zimbabwe - Permanent Mission to the United Nations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Our aim is to provide you with a picture of our activities at the United Nations and also some information on Zimbabwe and its people.
We have attempted to give you an overview of what we do at the United Nations, what our national policies and priorities are, and how we would like them to be reflected in the multilateral arena.
It is our hope that this effort of sharing of facts and information will add to your understanding of Zimbabwe and its multilateral diplomacy.
un.cti.depaul.edu /cgi-bin/spider.py?_request=0&country=Zimbabwe   (259 words)

  
 Zimbabwe - Amnesty International
Soldiers from the Zimbabwe Defence Forces were involved in extrajudicial executions and other serious human rights violations in diamond concessions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Among those responsible were members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, the CIO and the Zimbabwe National Army.
The Independent Journalists Association of Zimbabwe challenged the constitutionality of those sections of the AIPPA which prescribe the compulsory registration of journalists and punish journalists who write what the Act describes as “falsehoods”, on the basis that they violate freedom of expression.
web.amnesty.org /report2003/Zwe-summary-eng   (2218 words)

  
 Zimbabwe, country, Africa
Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia,officially Republic of Zimbabwe, republic (1995 est.
Africa welcomes Zim whites: white farmers, kicked out of their agricultural holdings in Zimbabwe, are finding a warm welcome in other African countries even as far away as Nigeria.
Land--a tale of two countries: as was the case in Zimbabwe, redistribution of agricultural land is a burning issue in both Namibia and South Africa.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0853429.html   (361 words)

  
 Zimbabwe
Spokesman McCormack (Jun. 7):"The United States condemns the Government of Zimbabwe's violent suppression of a peaceful demonstration June 6 in Bulawayo by Women of Zimbabwe Arise!
Spokesman McCormack (May 9): "We deplore the Government of Zimbabwe's May 8 attack on lawyers who were protesting the detention of two human rights lawyers this past weekend." Full text
Deputy Spokesman Casey (May 3): "...The Government of Zimbabwe continues to take actions to repress political dissent, to prevent the opposition from freely expressing their political views.
www.state.gov /p/af/ci/zi   (248 words)

  
 republic of zimbabwe and other zimbabwe related information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Jump to: navigation, search The Republic of Zimbabwe is a country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers.
Zimbabwe Travel Notes -- Visitors to Zimbabwe are attracted by the Victoria Falls, numerous game parks, a well developed infrastucture and hotels of international standard.
Index of All Embassies The Republic of Zimbabwe 1608 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20009 Telephone: (202) 332-7100 Fax: (202) 483-9326 E-mail: zimemb@erols.com URL: http://www.zimembassy-usa.org/...
www.nethorde.com /zimbabwe/republic-of-zimbabwe.html   (250 words)

  
 MOFA: Dispatch of Election Observers for the Parliamentary Election in the Republic of Zimbabwe
The Government of Japan has decided to dispatch 6 officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs headed by Ambassador Hiromu Nitta, Japanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe, as election obserbers for the Parliamentary Election in the Republic of Zimbabwe scheduled on June 24-25.
It has been reported that, in Zimbabwe, a number of farms owned by white farmers have been occupied by war veterans since February this year and political violence and intimidation by supporters of ruling party and opposition parties have been taking place during the period preceding to the election.
Japanese Election Observers comprises Ambassador Hiromu Nitta, Japanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe, one from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, two from the Japanese Embassy in Zimbabwe, one from the Japanese Embassy in Zambia and one from the Japanese Embassy in South Africa.
www.mofa.go.jp /announce/announce/2000/6/622.html   (278 words)

  
 TakingITGlobal - Zimbabwe
TakingITGlobal Republic of Zimbabwe is a web-based platform for ideas and expression, a resource of opportunities, and a network of inspirational young people and their projects.
Zimbabwe Grace Trust (ZGT), founded in January 2005, is an independent development NGO that seeks to enhance inclusion of disability issues into development instruments that involve key millennium development goals MDGs health, poverty reduction and gender equality in Zimbabwe.
There are currently no Events in Republic of Zimbabwe.
zimbabwe.takingitglobal.org   (500 words)

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