The World Food Programme (WFP) has said that it would have to expand its emergency operations in Zimbabwe because half of the population suffered from severe hunger due to climate change and an economic meltdown.
“The scale of hunger in the country is going to get worse before it gets better,’’ said WFP Executive Director David Beasley.
He said that the organisation would have to more than double the number of people it is already helping to four million by January as the “unprecedented climate-driven disaster gripping southern Africa” continues apace.
According to the WFP, temperatures are rising at more than twice the average global rate and drought and flooding have hit both urban…
