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UN says Zimbabwe needs more than $480 million for food, health, humanitarian aid
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The United Nations says the southern African country of Zimbabwe needs more than $480 million this year in food, health and humanitarian aid.
Alain Noudehou, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the capital, Harare, said Tuesday a…
The United Nations says the southern African country of Zimbabwe needs more than $480 million this year in food, health and humanitarian aid.
Alain Noudehou, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the capital, Harare, said Tuesday an estimated 1.4 million people still need food handouts because of crop failures, erratic rain and other economic pressures affecting daily incomes.
In a midyear aid review, Noudehou said international donor funding was also needed to help tens of thousands of Zimbabweans facing expulsion from neighboring South Africa. Many Zimbabweans settled in South Africa illegally after fleeing years of political violence and economic meltdown at home.
Critics blame longtime ruler President Robert Mugabe for years of political violence and economic ruin.
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