Zimbabwe is on the brink of its worst famine ever
Natural disasters, the country’s economic collapse and a shortage of white corn is likely to see it need foreign aid, says the UN World Food Programme
20 September 2019 - 16:53
A drought, cyclone-induced floods and an economic collapse have left Zimbabwe on the verge of its worst-ever famine.
The country will probably run out of corn — its staple food — by January and about three out of five Zimbabweans won’t have enough to eat, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP)...
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