Zanu PF/MDC Pledge to Lift NGO Ban

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 Lucia Makamure ZANU PF and the two formations of the MDC this week expressed their commitment to alleviate the humanitarian crisis faced by the country with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which sets the agenda for inter-party talks. President Robert Mugabe and leaders of the two MDC factions, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, in the MoU signed on Monday agreed to work together to ensure the lifting of a ban on all field operations on humanitarian organisations in order to ensure the safety of displaced political victims. The MoU reads: "The parties agree that, in the interim, they will work together to ensure the safety of any displaced persons and their safe return home and that humanitarian and social welfare organisations are enabled to render such assistance as... [read full story]