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| Africa Live: Uganda's top court upholds controversial anti-LGBT law - BBC News | |
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| Shingai Nyoka | |
| BBC News, Harare | |
| Zimbabwe | |
| has declared a state of disaster over a drought that has left around three million people facing hunger - making it the third country in southern Africa to raise the alarm. | |
| Poor | |
| rains have wrought havoc across much of the region, where according to the UN's World Food Programme 20 million people don't have regular access to nutritious food. | |
| Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the country needs $2bn (£1.6bn) to combat the effects of food insecurity within its borders. | |
| Much like in neighbouring Zambia and Malawi, which have | |
| also declared states of disaster and emergency, low rainfall has wiped out about half of Zimbabwe's maize crop – | |
| the nation's staple food. | |
| The grain shortage has subsequently pushed up food prices. | |
| Zimbabwe now | |
| joins the regional scramble to find maize on the international market. | |
| The authorities say that the number of people needing food aid will be higher than | |
| an initial projection of 2.7 million. | |
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