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 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - The U.N. emergency relief coordinator said Tuesday that Zimbabwe's efforts to rehouse hundreds of thousands of people displaced in a massive slum-clearance drive have been inadequate.
A United Nations report has estimated at least 700,000 were left without work or shelter because of the demolitions that began in May — a figure disputed by President Robert Mugabe's government — and demanded that those responsible be punished.
"We stand by the report," U.N. emergency relief coordinator Jan Egeland said. "The eviction campaign was the worst possible thing at the worst possible moment. ... The important thing now is to look to the future. We have to help these people."
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