{"id":674821,"date":"2019-08-07T14:46:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T14:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">More than five million people in Zimbabwe \u2013 about a third of the population \u2013 need food aid, with many coming close to starving, the UN says.<\/p>\n<p>It has launched a $331m (\u00a3270m) appeal for aid as the countr"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:46:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T14:46:35","slug":"a-third-of-population-faces-food-crisis-says-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/07\/a-third-of-population-faces-food-crisis-says-un\/","title":{"rendered":"A third of population faces food crisis, says UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">More than five million people in Zimbabwe \u2013 about a third of the population \u2013 need food aid, with many coming close to starving, the UN says.<\/p>\n<p>It has launched a $331m (\u00a3270m) appeal for aid as the country battles the effects of drought, a cyclone and an economic crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The UN\u2019s World Food Programme (WFP) said many were \u201cin crisis emergency mode\u2026 marching towards starvation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Once a regional bread basket, Zimbabwe has suffered years of turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>Recent harvests have been badly affected by drought and the price of food has risen sharply. Low water levels have also hit the main hydro-electric plant at Kariba, triggering rolling power cuts across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The country is also facing a financial crisis and has reintroduced the Zimbabwe dollar a decade after it was abandoned amidst rampant inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Launching the appeal on Tuesday, WFP head David Beasley said about 2.5 million people were on the cusp of starvation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are talking about people who truly are marching towards starvation if we are not here to help them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are facing a drought unlike any that we have seen in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/_108014557_kariba_getty.jpg\" alt=\"Kariba dam, Zimbabwe\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\"\/>The drought has reduced water levels at Kariba, cutting electricity generation<\/span><\/figure>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s problems were exacerbated when\u00a0Cyclone Idai swept through the region\u00a0earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The huge storm, which also hit parts of Malawi and Mozambique, affected 570,000 Zimbabweans and left tens of thousands of them homeless.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-placeholder player-with-placeholder__image narrative-video-placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/p0741rr4.jpg\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"media-with-caption__caption\">Cyclone Idai: Survivors rescued by land and air<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said the government had been providing grain to 757,000 homes since January, in both rural and urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>And on Tuesday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who took over from long-time ruler Robert Mugabe in November 2017, declared the drought a national disaster.<\/p>\n<p>The UN was already appealing for $294m for Zimbabwe but says it now needs more funding as the impact of the drought has spread.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than five million people in Zimbabwe \u2013 about a third of the population \u2013 need food aid, with many coming close to starving, the UN says. It has launched a $331m (\u00a3270m) appeal for aid as the country battles the effects of drought, a cyclone and an economic crisis. 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