Zimbabwe appeals for $2 billion to avert food insecurity

Zimbabwe is expecting a 2024 harvest of 868,000 metric tons of grain — including the country’s staple crop of corn — far short of what the country needs, April 1, 2024. (Columbus Mavhunga/VOA) Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa talks to reporters at the State House in Harare on April 3, 2024. He declared a nationwide state of emergency, anticipating food shortages caused by drought. (Columbus Mavhunga/VOA)

Zimbabwe appealed to the United Nations, aid agencies and individuals on Wednesday for $2 billion to avert food insecurity caused by an El Nino-induced drought.