Zimbabwe 'faces food shortages'
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MPs say Zimbabwe will run out of food before next year's harvest, despite government assurances.
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North Korea could face famine after floods destroy crops, worsening food shortages, a study says.
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Famine in Africa could worsen unless action is taken to tackle the continent's HIV/AIDS epidemic, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.
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The UN's World Food Programme warns that Tajikistan is experiencing emergency food shortages.
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Zimbabwe faces the threat of renewed  flooding which has destroyed homes and put new pressure on the  country's ailing economy, disaster management authorities said  on Wednesday.
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Zimbabwe's national security minister has told the country's last remaining white farmers that they will be jailed if they refuse to abide by a deadline that passed over the weekend for them to leave their farms, according to a newspaper report on Monday.
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Organisers of a lavish 83rd birthday party for Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe have prepared Friday to slaughter prize herds of cattle as shops ran short of basics such as cooking oil and bread.
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Zimbabweans battled Sunday to change temporary currency into new banknotes before it becomes worthless on December 31, as the country's central bank tries to tackle a shortage of cash in the country.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq is suffering a shortage of state-supplied wheat, sugar, and rice because of logistics and security problems, officials and traders said yesterday.
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Zimbabwe's main bread producer warns it only has two days' supply of flour, according to state media.
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Huge price increases for bread, electricity and meat drove Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate to 1,593.6 percent, the Central Statistical Office was quoted Tuesday as saying.
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The number of people facing serious food shortages in Zimbabwe is expected to grow to 4.1 million over the first quarter of next year, the Canadian ambassador to the African country said on Wednesday.
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A parliamentary committee in Zimbabwe has summoned the country's central bank chief to explain current nationwide cash shortages, a state daily reported on Tuesday.
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Pollution and deforestation in North Korea are exacerbating its serious food shortage problems, according to a UN report released Friday that outlines a range of environmental challenges facing Pyongyang.
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Zimbabwe faces the threat of renewed flooding which has destroyed homes and put new pressure on the country's ailing economy, disaster management authorities said on Wednesday.
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The political crisis in Zimbabwe needs to be resolved by fellow African governments, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday after talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki.
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Archbishop Pius Ncube says regional intervention is needed as Zimbabwe's crisis is "life-threatening".