With COVID-19 aggravating an already severe hunger crisis in Zimbabwe, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is appealing for an additional US$250 million to support a rapidly expanding emergency operation for millions at-risk.
WFP projections indicate that by year's end, the number of food insecure Zimbabweans will have surged by almost 50 percent to touch 8.6 million - a staggering 60 percent of the population - owing to the combined effects of drought, economic recession and the pandemic.
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