Zimbabwe Drought, Hunger to Run Into 2020, Fewsnet Says

  • Late start to rainy season leaves poor people vulnerable
  • Most of Zimbabwe, parts of the DRC and Mozambique face hunger

Local residents queue to fill buckets and containers with water at a communal tap in Empompini in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, Aug. 3, 2019.

Photographer: Cynthia R Matonhodze/Bloomberg
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A swathe of Zimbabwe, running from the southwest to the northeast, faces a “Phase 3” food crisis after a sporadic start to the November to March rainy season, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network said.