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Qiraat Africa Source:
The
recent report from UN News shown that situation in Zimbabwe is moving
from a crisis to an emergency at the instance of food because of El
Nino-induced drought. Recall that Zimbabwe suffered sequently from two
disasters of Tropical Cyclone Idai that swept and marred roads, crops
and houses, thereby killing hundreds and rendering up to thousand of
Zimbabweans homeless and the current drought that has devastated their
crops, particularly corn that is being used to make the staple food
sadza - a thick porridge that is served with relish.
The
drought is also currently affecting Zimbabwean water supply. According
to spokesman for Harare (Zimbabwe's capital), Michael Chideme, who
revealed that water rationing has begun because two of the capital's
reservoirs have dried out and others are following suit. Not less than
3.5 million people and more than a third of rural households in Zimbabwe
have been rendered by severe drought and dangerously exposed to food
insecurity, according to UN World Food Programme (WFP).
Currently,
according to statistic of U.N. aid agencies and the government, between
now and April 2020 that the next harvest is expected, Zimbabwe needs
about $218 million to stave off hunger for about 5.5 million people till
around April 2020 that the enough rain is assuming to be falling.
Read as Hammed J. Sulaiman unveils situation in Zimbabwe yarning for international aids...:
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