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"Zimbabwe is the only country facing national crisis" World Food Program spokesman Richard Lee accompanied workers handing out dried corn, vegetable oil and other aid in central Zimbabwe over the weekend for a mass distribution. Poverty in Africa. File Photo: EFE The U.N. food aid agency found some rural Zimbabweans subsisting on wild fruits when it was able to reach the countryside after months of being blocked by the government, the agency said Thursday as it appealed for more donations to fight hunger there. Zimbabwe's governing party accused independent groups of supporting opposition activists and barred them from distributing aid for three months. The ban was lifted in late August, but the groups, which had denied the accusations of political bias, were not able to resume work immediately for logistical reasons. World... [read full story]
