Record 45 million people across Southern Africa face hunger - UN food agency
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16 January, 2020, 06:30 pm
Last modified: 16 January, 2020, 06:38 pm
“This hunger crisis is on a scale we have not seen before and the evidence shows it’s going to get worse”
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)on Thursday said a record 45 million people in the 16-nation Southern African Development Community are gravely food insecure following repeated drought, widespread flooding and economic disarray.
"This hunger crisis is on a scale we have not seen before and the evidence shows it's going to get worse," the WFP's Regional Director for Southern Africa, Lola Castro, said in a statement.
"The annual cyclone season has begun and we simply cannot afford a repeat of the devastation caused by last year's unprecedented storms."
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