I-World Food Programme imemezele izinhlelo zokuphinda kabili inani labantu elisiza kubo Zimbabwe ngaphezu kwezigidi ezine. Bangaphezu kwezigidi eziyisi-4 abantu abaswele.

"Singene shí emjikelezweni omubi wokungondleki ohlasela abesifazane nezingane kakhulu futhi okuzoba nzima ukukunqanda," kusho uMqondisi Omkhulu we-WFP uDavid Beasley. “Ngenxa yesimo sezulu esingesihle sokuna kwemvula futhi njengoba sekusondele isivuno esikhulu ngo-April, indlala izoba mbi kakhulu ezweni ngaphambi kokuba ibe ngcono.”

Ngokusho kwe-UN, cishe isigamu sabantu baseZimbabwe sibhekene nendlala enkulu phakathi nesomiso esibi kanye nokuwa komnotho.

Ubunzima bezomnotho eZimbabwe, obumbi kakhulu eminyakeni eyishumi, kanye nesomiso emazweni aseningizimu ne-Afrika kuzofaka umfutho ekulethweni kosizo njengoba amanani ezinto eziyisisekelo enyuka kanye nokudla kwehle kunokuvamile, ngokusho kwe-UN.

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

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.
“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.
The World Food Program announced plans to more than double the number of people it helps in Zimbabwe to more than 4 million.