U.N Cuts Food Aid to Zimbabwe
The UN World Food Programme has cut food aid as the government admits it lacks funds needed to feed millions who are faced with hunger.
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Zimbabwe:
Nation Faces Hunger As UN Cuts Food Aid
SW Radio, 15 January 2014
More Zimbabweans are facing serious hunger this year, after the United Nations (UN) food agency announced it was cutting the number of people it assists with aid. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Hunger Looms As Skint Govt Admits Helpless
New Zimbabwe, 14 January 2014
THE government has admitted that the country faces acute food shortages as it does not have the money to buy grain at a time an estimated two million people require food… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
WFP Seeks U.S $60 Million to Avert Hunger
VOA, 14 January 2014
The World Food Program says it is very concerned about food security as Zimbabwe enters the peak of its so-called hunger season -- the last three months before the traditional… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Govt Imports Corn to Avert Food Shortage
VOA, 10 January 2014
An estimated 2.2 million Zimbabweans are facing food insecurity in the country that once was known as the breadbasket of southern Africa. Zimbabwe is now counting on imports of… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
MDC-T Wants Food Crisis Investigation
New Zimbabwe, 17 December 2013
THE opposition MDC-T wants parliament to investigate food shortages as people in some rural areas are eating wild fruits from the forest to survive, its shadow Minister of… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Hunger Stalks Thousands As Drought, Floods Hit Crops
New Zimbabwe, 5 December 2013
POINTING at the scorching sun over his village in Matabeleland South province, Simon Sibaya blames drought, rising fertilizer prices and a lack of government support for leaving… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Hunger Wreaks Havoc in Chivi
The Herald, 4 December 2013
Hunger is wreaking havoc in Chivi with nearly 40 000 villagers in urgent need of food aid to avert starvation.The food shortages are more acute in Madyangove communal lands and… Read more »
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The government has been challenged to improve conditions in the country's correctional facilities after it emerged that dozens on inmates continue to die of hunger. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Prisons Face Severe Food Shortages
Zimbabwe Independent, 27 September 2013
ZIMBABWE Prison Services (ZPS) has been hit by a critical shortage of food to feed more than 17 000 prisoners in the country's 72 prisons, the Zimbabwe Independent has heard. Read more »
