Zimbabwe: Half of Zim's Population Plunges Into Severe Hunger - WFP

4 December 2019

An estimated US$293 million is required immediately for the World Food Programme's (WFP) emergency response to meet the growing needs of the hardest-hit Zimbabweans facing severe food shortages.

According to the WFP, the international donor agency is rapidly expanding an already sizeable emergency operation in Zimbabwe, where drought, flooding and macroeconomic meltdown have plunged at least 7.7 million people - half of the population - into severe hunger.

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