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Subsaharan Africa / Comment

Southern Africa: state vulnerability and food insecurity

02/02/2006 By Isabel Moreno Carballal

Six countries in Southern Africa (Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho) are suffering a serious food crisis situation.

Due to scarce rainfall last year the maize crop was the poorest in the last ten years. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) forecasts that over 12 million people, at present in a food shortage situation, will die of starvation in the next few months if they do not receive the necessary aid.

This discussion paper reviews the causes and responses to this food insecurity crisis affecting several States.

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Keywords

Humanitarian action Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Poverty Swaziland UN Zambia Zimbabwe

Bio author: Isabel Moreno Carballal

BA in Journalism with expertise in International Relations by the Università degli Studi di Perugia (Italy), and the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Isabel Moreno has been Press Officer for DeARTE, Feria de Galerías Españolas, and has worked for the Abdul Aziz Saud Al-Babtain Foundation as external consultant and PR.