Andrew Mambondiyani

Zimbabwe

Reporter at Freelance

Journalist: MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow '11. Interests: Climate Change|| Environment|| Human Rights|| Science

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Articles

How Zimbabwe Can Leverage Rising Lithium Demand

2 weeks ago | theenergypioneer.com | Andrew Mambondiyani

Near an imposing mountain in this area, a mining company recently discovered rich lithium deposits, bringing both excitement and anxiety among local people. Globally, lithium has been touted as one of the potential . But in Zimbabwe, lithium mining’s carbon footprint is too large to ignore.
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2 months ago | ssir.org | Kyle Coward |Andrew Mambondiyani |Robyn Huang |Sarah Murray

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Mercy Corp Uses Data and AI for Preemptive Humanitarian Aid

Mar 4, 2025 | ssir.org | Andrew Mambondiyani

Human Rights Mercy Corps leverages satellite data and AI to preemptively send emergency relief to people ahead of natural disasters. To read this article and start a full year of unlimited online access, subscribe now! Subscribe Now Already a subscriber? Login Need to register for your premium online access,which is included with your paid subscription? Register Now Support SSIR’s coverage of cross-sector solutions to global challenges.
In Parched Zimbabwe, Small-Scale Farmers Turn to Traditional Crops

Feb 24, 2025 | foodtank.com | Andrew Mambondiyani

Zimbabwe is in the midst of a crippling El Niño-induced drought—the worst in more than 40 years. It has wiped out most of last year’s rain-fed crops, particularly the now staple crop, maize. With up to 70 percent of Zimbabwe’s population surviving on rural economic activities—mostly rain-fed crop farming—recurring droughts are devastating to the country. The drought has left more than 7 million people without enough food.
Rural Zimbabwean Families Face Drought, Fueling Child Marriages — More to Her Story

Jan 29, 2025 | moretoherstory.com | Andrew Mambondiyani

This display is part of a years-long nationwide campaign by AHF Zimbabwe, a nonprofit organization working to end child marriage. Yet despite such efforts, the practice of child marriage has new cause for worry: the 2024 El Niño-induced drought, compounded by the knock-on effects of climate change, has ravaged Zimbabwe, leaving over 6 million people food insecure and the government scrambling to acquire up to $2 billion to feed its starving population.
Between Flood and Famine

Oct 7, 2024 | strangematters.coop | Andrew Mambondiyani

Millions of its inhabitants have been badly affected. Some farmers have been left with little or no food, and some residents have had their homes and businesses destroyed. Every part of the country has been wrecked by one climate disaster or another. The droughts have annihilated summer food crops, while the cyclones have flattened some parts of coastal cities. Sources of livelihoods in both urban and rural areas have been affected.
Anthrax in Zimbabwe: Caused by Oppression, Worsened by Climate Change

Sep 16, 2024 | therevelator.org | Andrew Mambondiyani

A herd of emaciated cows crowd for water at a small dam in the Zimunya area about 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of Zimbabwe’s eastern border city of Mutare. On the other side of the small dam, a group of children excitedly fetch water, mostly for nondrinking or cooking uses. In this part of the country, water became scarce this year as an El Niño-induced drought — the worst in more than 40 years — ravaged the region. The drought has left nearly 10 million people food insecure.
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Sep 15, 2024 | therevelator.org | Andrew Mambondiyani

Anthrax in Zimbabwe: Caused by Oppression, Worsened by Climate Change First used as a bioweapon four decades ago, anthrax outbreaks continue to worsen as the country gets warmer and wetter. First used as a bioweapon four decades ago, anthrax outbreaks continue to worsen as the country gets warmer and wetter.
Kenya-Based NGO Uses Open-Mapping Technology to Aid Climate Disaster Planning

Aug 29, 2024 | ssir.org | Andrew Mambondiyani

SecurityThe ESA Hub is spearheading an anticipatory-response model of disastermanagement in Zimbabwe to protect people from climate-related destruction. By Fall 2024To read this article and start a full year of unlimited online access, subscribe now!Subscribe NowAlready a subscriber? LoginNeed to register for your premium online access,which is included with your paid subscription? Register NowSupport SSIR’s coverage of cross-sector solutions to global challenges.
How Zimbabwe’s Apostolic Women Are Risking All to Save Their Children — More to Her Story

Aug 5, 2024 | moretoherstory.org | Andrew Mambondiyani

A group of women can be heard chatting animatedly on a bus ride from their rural homes in the Zimunya area in eastern Zimbabwe to a nearby border city of Mutare. They are talking about their access to health services. The women belong to one of Zimbabwe’s many indigenous apostolic religious sects. This ultraconservative sect forbids its members from seeking modern health services, relying instead on faith healing.