Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has declared the El Niño induced drought a state of national disaster as millions of people face hunger.
In a press statement released on Friday by the Local Government Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere, Mugabe has "declared a State of Disaster in regard to severely affected areas in communal and resettlement lands of Zimbabwe effective from 2 February 2016".
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