WFP: 2.7 Million Zimbabweans Need Food Aid as El Nino Compounds Drought Crisis

An official from the U.N. World Food Program inspects a donation of $11 million worth of food aid in Harare, Zimbabwe, Jan 17. 2024.

The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that it was working with Zimbabwe's government and aid agencies to provide food to 2.7 million rural people in the country as the El Nino weather phenomenon contributes to a drought crisis in southern Africa.