social welfare minister Prisca Mupfumira

Zimbabwe faces its worst malnutrition crisis in 15 years, with tens of thousands of children requiring urgent treatment, UNICEF said on Tuesday as the government announced four million people need food aid. Poor rains induced by the El Nino weather phenomenon have hampered food production, and diminishing reserves have left many people in rural parts of Zimbabwe short of essential supplies. The number of hungry families doubled in the past eight months “as nearly 33…