According to the UN, about half of Zimbabwe’s population faces severe hunger amid a devastating drought and economic collapse.
The World Food Program announced plans to more than double the number of people it helps in Zimbabwe to more than 4 million. Over 7 million people overall are in need.
“We’re deep into a vicious cycle of sky-rocketing malnutrition that’s hitting women and children hardest and will be tough to break,” said WFP Executive Director David Beasley. “With poor rains forecast yet again in the run-up to the main harvest in April, the scale of hunger in the country is going to get worse before it gets better.”
Zimbabwe’s economic crisis, the worst in a decade, and a drought across southern Africa will complicate aid delivery as prices for basic items soar and food supplies are lower than normal, according to the UN.
