WFP Struggles to Avert Starvation in Zimbabwe

The U.N. World Food Program said it might have to scale back its efforts to ease food shortages in Zimbabwe as international funding for the exercise has fallen short.  Zimbabwe -- once the breadbasket of southern Africa -- is entering the peak of its so-called "hunger season," which this year is affecting more than 2 million people. The U.N. agency said the food situation is especially dire in rural areas of four provinces -- Matabeleland North and South, Masvingo and...

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