| ZIMBABWE: Weapons theft stokes fears of instability |
 HARARE, 19 November 2009 (IRIN) - The recent "suicide" of a senior army officer in the wake of a break-in at a military armoury in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, is sowing fears that the missing guns may be used to fuel instability.
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| SOUTH AFRICA: Funds needed for displaced Zimbabweans |
 JOHANNESBURG, 18 November 2009 (IRIN) - The number of Zimbabweans displaced after some of their shacks in an informal settlement outside De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Africa, were attacked and demolished by local South African residents, has risen to about 3,000, said the South African Red Cross Society.
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| SOUTH AFRICA-ZIMBABWE: More than 2,000 Zimbabweans flee, fearing attacks |
 JOHANNESBURG, 17 November 2009 (IRIN) - Fearing a resurgence of xenophobic attacks, around 2,500 Zimbabwean migrants have taken refuge in government buildings in De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Africa, after some of their shacks in an informal settlement were attacked and demolished, said a police official.
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| SOUTH AFRICA: How many undocumented migrants? Pick a number |
 JOHANNESBURG, 13 November 2009 (IRIN) - Guesstimating the number of undocumented migrants living in South Africa is like asking, "How long is a piece of string?" and the answer is - no one knows.
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| In Brief: World hunger increases despite growth in food production |
 DUSHANBE, 12 November 2009 (IRIN) - Even as world food production grows, hunger is on the rise in many poor countries, according to the Global Crop Prospects and Food Situation report for November, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 12 November.
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| In Brief: Cash does not always mean quality food aid |
 JOHANNESBURG, 11 November 2009 (IRIN) - A move by donor countries to provide aid agencies with cash, allowing them the flexibility to source cheaper or more appropriate food in the region or beneficiary country and save on transport and warehousing costs, is not addressing nutritional needs, according to a new report.
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| MALAWI: Lucy Chikoti, "My husband wants to marry another woman because I have obstetric fistula" |
 BALAKA, 11 November 2009 (IRIN) - Obstetric fistula is preventable and treatable, but many women in Malawi are unaware of this. The condition is caused by prolonged obstructed labour and is not only one of the most serious complications of childbirth, but also one of the biggest and most disabling health afflictions.
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| ZIMBABWE: Farm labour shortage threatens food production |
 HARARE, 11 November 2009 (IRIN) - An acute shortage of labourers on Zimbabwe's newly resettled farms, combined with the farmers' inability to raise loans from financial institutions to purchase agricultural inputs, and money owed to them by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), do not bode well for food security.
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| ZIMBABWE: Oversight body "not toothless" |
 HARARE, 10 November 2009 (IRIN) - Intervention by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to resolve a dispute between Zimbabwe's unity government partners has highlighted the redundancy of an oversight body specifically established to smooth the road of political reconciliation.
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| In Brief: Smaller government, bigger tensions in the Comoros |
 JOHANNESBURG, 9 November 2009 (IRIN) - Thinning out the top-heavy governance system of Comoros is creating tensions in the Indian Ocean island state, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its October 2009 country report.
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