According to NGONews Africa, the Zimbabwean government is calling for NGOs operating inZimbabwe to regularize operations and follow Zimbabwe's laws. Specifically,the government wants more formal signed agreements between NGOs and thegovernment. The government stated that "[t]he signing of the
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International Tribunal Rules For Zimbabwe Farmers on Land Expropriation
By propertyprof
The New York Times has an interesting story on an international tribunal’s condemnation of Zimbabwe’s confiscation of white farmers’ property:Mr. Etheredge this year became one of dozens of white farmers to challenge the government’s right to confiscate their land, and…
Zimbabwe Finally Lifts its Ban on Charity Aid Groups
Zimbabwe’s Ban on NGOs Cited As A Contributing Cause of Serious Food Shortage
Zimbabwe’s communal farmers blame the current ban on NGO activities as they encounter the worst food shortages in history. Alleging political bias, the government suspended all NGO activities, but the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) claims the ban was…
ABA Rule of Law Letter on Zimbabwe
Click on the link below to see the Rule of Law Letter on Zimbabwe sent by the President of the American Bar Association.Download zimbabwe20rol20letters.pdf (mew)
Union Island Protest in Support of Zimbabwean Labor Leaders
New York Times: Zimbabwean Authorities Seize American Aid
A report published in today’s New York Times states that Zimbabwean authorities have confiscated a truck loaded with 20 tons of food aid for poor school children and ordered that the food be handed out to supporters of President Robert…
More on Zimbabwe’s Blockade of Charitable Aid
The New York Times reported on June 6, 2008, that the tightening of controls on charitable aid groups in Zimbabwe is increasing. We blogged earlier this week about Zimbabwean government’s ordered suspension of charitable activities of CARE in the…
Zimbabwe Blocks Charitable Aid
In addition to the issues in Myanmar, blogged here, it appears that charities in Zimbabwe are being hampered in their charitable efforts. Here is an excerpt from an article in the new York Times describing government orders to NGO’s…
More Nonprofits Suspend Aid for Orphans in Zimbawbe
On the heels of the trouble aid groups are having getting into Myanmar, the New York Times reported on May 10, 2008, that more than half of 55 nonprofits surveyed in Zimbawbe say they have suspended aid for…