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UN agency seeks extra $204 million for Zimbabwe as hunger bites

UN agency seeks extra $204 million for Zimbabwe as hunger bites

THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for an additional $204 million to support four million of the most food-insecure Zimbabweans for the next six months. Drought in 2019 and this year has left millions facing hunger. That includes about one-third of the rural population, who are expected to face "crisis" or "emergency" levels of hunger, and 2.3 million hungry urban dwellers, WFP said. An economic recession during the past two years has compounded the problem for the country of 15 million people. "We are deeply concerned that if WFP does not receive enough funding to reach the…
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