Zimbabwe is on the brink of man-made starvation and the number of people needing help is “shocking” for a country not in conflict, a United Nations special expert on the right to food said Thursday.
Hilal Elver said she found stunted and underweight children, mothers too hungry to breastfeed their babies and medicine shortages in hospitals during her 10-day visit to the economically shattered country.
She said the southern African nation is among the four most food insecure states in the world…
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Hilal Elver said she found stunted and underweight children, mothers too hungry to breastfeed their babies and medicine shortages in hospitals during her 10-day visit to the economically shattered country.
She said the southern African nation is among the four most food insecure states in the world…
http://www.africanews.com/2019/11/29/dysfunctional-zimbabwe-on-brink-of-shocking-man-made-starvation
Africanews on YouTube brings you a daily dose of news, produced and realised in Africa, by and for Africans.
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