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Southern Africa, Famine Timeline Tuesday, October 7     Author
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UN warns over Zimbabwe food aid
Oct. 1
  About 1/2 the population of Zimbabwe could soon be in need of constant food aid and medical assistance



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Sep. 27
  Morgan Tsvangirai: Zimbabwe urgently needs to form a new government in order to address a food crisis in the nation and prevent starvation


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Jun.16 Food crisis destroys progress in Africa
  Central Africa: The Africa Progress Panel : Rising global food prices threaten to destroy years of economic progress in Africa and drive 100 million into poverty
Jun.12 Zimbabwe is worsening, UN warns
   UN Security Council: Briefing the security Council, the top UN humanitarian official says up to four million people - a third of the population - needing aid


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Nov.13 Country short on food
  Zimbabwe: The United Nations food agency has scaled down food distribution in Zimbabwe, because of a shortage of donor funds Mar.4 Zimbabwe 'running out of wheat'
  The country has only 2 weeks of wheat supply left, while citizens are faced with soaring bread prices


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Nov.1 Urgent appeal for Africa's south
  The UN World Food Program has appealed for urgent donations of more than $150m to prevent a food crisis Oct.16 Food crisis worsens
  Malawi: President Bingu wa Mutharika declared all of the nation a 'disaster area' and appealed for international help

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Dec.22 U.N. food agency forced to cut rations
  Millions of people will not have enough to eat over the holiday season because the World Food Program lacks the funds Feb.11 Food emergency declared  Lesotho: The tiny kingdom appealed for more food aid, saying thousands would otherwise face severe shortages

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Feb.28 Famine agency issues emergency alert
  Zimbabwe: FEWSNET: Zimbabwe should urgently speed up food imports to avert famine Jan.20 Famine plagues Zimbabwe  Corruption, misrule and drought are combining to make a catastrophe Jan.10   Food supply threatened  Zimbabwe: Poor rains and reduced plantings likely to dent output. nearly half Zimbabwe's 14 million people now face starvation

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Jul.24 Famine crisis warning  Time is running out to tackle the looming hunger crisis, a U.N. World Food Program's official warned Jul.22 Red Cross in $60m famine appeal  13 million people face chronic food shortages in southern Africa Jun.6 'Millions face famine'  The World Food Programme has warned that 12.8 million people are on the brink of starvation and urgently need food aid May.30   Food disaster declared  Zambia: 4 million people face starvation. Current crop production would only feed six million people May.29 10 million people face starvation  Famine is not yet widespread, but urgent action is needed to avert a crisis in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland May.21 'On brink of famine'  Aid agency Save the Children says that 19 million are facing drastic food shortages caused by floods followed by drought Apr.30   State of disaster as famine looms  Zimbabwe: The declaration, effective for 3 months, will give Mugabe the authority to order extraordinary measures to deliver food

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