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Tanzania: Govt Admits Over One Million Face Food Shortage
Citizen, 1 February 2017
The government yesterday told the Parliament that more than one million people were experiencing food shortage in the country. Read more »
Despite refusing reports of impending famine and assuring the world of adequate supplies, the agriculture ministry and World Food Programme report revealed that at least 55 municipal councils across the country were facing food shortages.
Tanzania's Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa attending food stock.
The president says dishonest businessmen, politicians and the media have created an artificial food shortage in order to influence the government's decision on imports tax. Read more »
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