Mugabe Declares National Emergency in Zimbabwe Over Drought
- Government plans to spend $200 million on food imports
- UN says food security deteriorating at an `alarming rate'
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe declared a state of national disaster due to the worst drought in almost two decades that’s killed cattle, withered crops and left more than a million people needing food aid.
Mugabe’s announcement on state radio came as government ministers and United Nations officials warned of an accelerating disaster caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon that’s led to drought across southern Africa.