1. Obama offers Zimbabwe aid package
(Archived/News/Global)

Barack Obama, the US president, has offered $73 million in aid to Zimbabwe but said it would be given "directly to the people" amid concerns over human rights.

2. Zimbabwe 'aid dependence growing'
(Archived/News/Arab)

Humanitarian groups are warning that by the end of the year more than half the people in Zimbabwe will be dependent on food aid.