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Tackling slum problems in Zambia
	Lusaka, 1 Aug 12 The Zambian government last week invited a broad range of experts, central and local government officials and community representatives to discuss new ways of dealing with the country's slum problems. French


Better cities, better life in Malawi
	Lilongwe, 2 Feb 12 The cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre, Mzuzu and Zomba last week launched Urban Profiles highlighting the priorities for improving life in all four centres of the southern African nation. FRENCH


Volunteers for peace and development in Africa
	Nairobi, 17 Jan 12 UN-HABITAT this week hosted the first Steering Committee meeting for the African Conference on Volunteer Action for Peace and Development to be held on 25-27 June 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya.


Malawi holds its second National Urban Forum
	Lilongwe, 1 Nov 11 Malawi's Deputy Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Christopher Ngwira, officially opened the National Urban Forum in the capital Lilongwe to mark the start of a two-day meeting on city development in the country.


UN-HABITAT launches a global youth help desk
	Nairobi, 20 Apr 11 On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first manned space flight, movie stars serving as UN-HABITAT youth envoys last week joined Norwegian Junior Minister, Mr. Arvinn Eikeland Gadgil and agency officials at the glittering launch ceremony of a new internet help desk for urban youth.


Urban youth fund beneficiaries attend training course
	Nairobi, 14 Dec 10 A week of training by UN-HABITAT is underway for beneficiaries of the Urban Youth Fund from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Palestine, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen and Zimbabwe.


African planners mull urbanization challenges
	Durban, 14 Sept 10 With an accelerated pace of urbanization which is projected to result in over 300 million new urban dwellers in the next 20 years, planners in Africa are faced with the daunting task of ensuring that the development takes place in an orderly manner.


Youth ICT project launched in Malawi
	Blantyre, Malalwi, 9 Sept 10 An Information and Communications Technology project for young people has been officially launched in Blantyre City.


UN-HABITAT and partners hold training on urban policing
	Barcelona, 11 Aug 10 Some 15 participants from six African countries were the beneficiaries of a landmark training seminar on urban policing held in Barcelona last month.


UN-HABITAT awards 51 global youth empowerment projects
	Nairobi, 11 Aug 10 UN-HABITAT has awarded grants from its Urban Youth Fund to 51 projects proposed by young people from around the world.


Executive Director bids government envoys farewell
	Nairobi,Kenya, 16 Jun 10 UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka this week received a standing ovation at the United Nations great hall in Nairobi when she formally took leave of the Committee of Permanent Representatives which acts on behalf of the governments overseeing UN-HABITAT.


Zimbabwe to prioritise housing in reconstruction
	Nairobi, 2 Apr 09 The government of Zimbabwe will prioritise housing provision in its reconstruction efforts, a cabinet minister disclosed here today.


UN-HABITAT Executive Director explains work of UN at special seminar
	Maputo, 26 May 08 UN-HABITAT Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, last week held talks with former President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique


UN agency meets donors on shelter recovery in Pakistan and Zimbabwe
	Nairobi, 15 Dec 05 Within the framework of the UN Consolidated Appeals Process, UN-HABITAT today called a donor consultation to raise funds for shelter recovery to aid those who have been evicted from their homes in Zimbabwe and the survivors of the Pakistani earthquake.


UN Special Envoy on Zimbabwean evictions briefs Security Council
	New York, 27 Jul 05 The United Nations Special Envoy on housing evictions in Zimbabwe, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, today briefed the Security Council on her two-week visit to the southern African country where the demolition of housing and markets have left some 700,000 people without homes or businesses.


Zimbabwe’s evictions carried out with ‘indifference to human suffering,’ Mrs. Tibaijuka says
	New York, 25 Jul 05 UN Special Envoy and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka presented her report to the Secretary General on Friday with calls to the Government of Zimbabwe to stop the demolition of homes and markets, pay reparations to those who have lost housing and livelihoods and punish those who, “with indifference to human suffering,” carried out the evictions of some 700,000 people.


Zimbabwe: UN report on recent evictions on way to Government
	New York, 20 Jul 05 A UN report on the humanitarian aspects of a demolition and eviction campaign in Zimbabwe that rendered hundreds of thousands homeless and unable to earn a living has been sent to the Government of Zimbabwe for its consideration, a United Nations spokesperson said.


Special envoy concludes Zimbabwe mission
	Harare, 11 Jul 05 United Nations Special Envoy, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, at the weekend ended a two-week assessment of the evictions of some 200,000 people in Zimbabwe to prepare a report for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.


Zimbabwe: UN envoy says freedom of movement is fundamental right
	Harare, 8 Jul 05 The United Nations Special Envoy assessing the evictions of thousands of poor people from housing and businesses in Zimbabwe was scheduled to visit the Victoria Falls district and return to Harare for a final round of talks before winding up her two-week mission at the weekend.


UN Zimbabwe envoy to visit Bulawayo, other cities
	Harare, 5 Jul 05 The United Nations Special Envoy for human settlements issues in Zimbabwe, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka was scheduled to travel to Zimbabwe’s second city of Bulawayo by road on Tuesday in the next phase of her assessment of the evictions of some 200,000 people in and around urban areas of the country.


Mrs. Tibaijuka, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, meets Zimbabwe President
	Harare, 29 Jun 05 Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy evaluating the humanitarian aspects of the recent evictions of some 200,000 poor people in Zimbabwe, on Wednesday met President Robert Mugabe and got the green light to go wherever she liked, a UN spokesman said.


UN Special Envoy arrives in Harare
	Harare, 28 Jun 05 Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Human Settlements Issues in Zimbabwe is visiting the country this week to assess the scope and extent of the recent mass evictions, known as Operation Murambatsvina (Operation Restore Order), which according to unofficial estimates, has affected over 200,000 people.

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