{"id":16125,"date":"2019-11-29T22:50:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T20:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=16125"},"modified":"2019-11-29T22:50:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T20:50:13","slug":"at-least-5-5-m-people-are-starving-in-zimbabweun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/at-least-5-5-m-people-are-starving-in-zimbabweun","title":{"rendered":"At least 5.5 M people are starving in Zimbabwe:UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A United Nations special envoy said on Thursday, Zimbabwe is facing \u201cman-made\u201d starvation with 60% of the people failing to meet basic food needs.<\/p>\n<p>Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur on the right to food while touring the Southern Africa country, ranked Zimbabwe among the four top countries facing severe food shortages outside nations in conflict zones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Zimbabwe are slowly getting to a point of suffering a man-made starvation.\u201d she told a news conference in Harare, adding that eight million people would be affected by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, Zimbabwe counts amongst the four highest food insecure states.\u201d she said after an 11-day tour, adding that poor harvests were compounded by 490% hyperinflation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA staggering 5.5 million people are currently facing food insecurity\u201d in rural areas due to a drought that has affected harvests, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Another 2.2 million people in urban areas also faced food shortages and lacked access to minimum public services, including health and safe water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the end of this year\u2026 the food security situation is expected to worsen with an estimated eight million people requiring urgent action to reduce food consumption gaps and save livelihoods.\u201d she said, describing the numbers as \u201cshocking\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe is in the grips of an entrenched economic crisis, pervasive corruption, poverty and a crumbling health system.<\/p>\n<p>The economy, crippled by decades of mismanagement under former president Robert Mugabe, has failed to rebound under<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emmerson_Mnangagwa\"> Emmerson Mnangagwa<\/a>, who took over following a military-led coup two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>She warned that food insecurity heightened \u201cthe risks of civil unrest and insecurity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urgently call on the government and the international community to come together to put an end to this spiraling crisis before it morphs into a full-blown social unrest.\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A United Nations special envoy said on Thursday, Zimbabwe is facing \u201cman-made\u201d starvation with 60% of the people failing to meet basic food needs. 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