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The Government of Zimbabwe has embarked on an operation to forcibly evict hundreds of thousands of mostly poor residents. The Government refers to these actions "Operation Murambqatsvina", which translates to "Drive Out The Rubbish." As of mid-June 2005, over 300,000 persons have been brutally evicted from their homes. Here's a range of information:
Orphans Made Homeless by Forced Eviction (June 2005)
Woman Watches As Her Home Is Demolished (June 2005)
Amnesty International secretly filmed while on a fact-finding
mission to
Zimbabwe in order to examine the aftermath of the forced evictions. The
film can be accessed here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4169386.stm
United
Nations Report Slams Zimbabwe Government
21 June Amnesty International Press Release
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)
Zimbabwe children stand next to their destroyed family home on an informal settlement near the outskirts of Bulawayo, 450 km (280 miles) south west of the capital Harare, June 21, 2005. Zimbabwe police continued with their countrywide Operation Restore Order which has seen the destruction of thousands of 'unauthorized' houses, informal markets and rural settlements which U.N. experts say has left more than one million people homeless. Photo by Reuters/File/Stringer (June 2005)
Zimbabwean Precious Tshuma, 6, shows the debris of her family's burnt kitchen in the border town of Plumtree, 500 km (310 miles) south west of the capital Harare June 20, 2005. The Zimbabwe government continue with their crackdown on 'unauthorized' housing, informal markets and street vendors which U.N. experts say has left more than one million people homeless. Photo by Reuters/File/Stringer (June 2005)
A woman sits in the rubble of what was her home, after it was demolished by government forces in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital city. (Photo: AP) (June 2005)