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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that unless adequate funding for a major relief operation materialises quickly, millions of Zimbabweans pushed into hunger by prolonged drought and economic crisis face an increasingly desperate situation

With nearly eight million people, 50 percent are now food insecure, WFP plans to double the number of people it assists – up to 4.1 million – but needs over US$200 million for its emergency response in the first half of 2020 alone.