Urgent govt action needed on Zim’s humanitarian crisis

ZIMBABWE is teetering on the edge of a humanitarian catastrophe, yet its government continues to respond with a level of inaction that borders on indifference.

The latest data from Unicef paints a dire picture: by the peak of the 2025 hunger season, an estimated seven million people — nearly half the population — will be food insecure.

That’s up from four million just last year, a staggering escalation that demands urgent and coordinated national leadership.

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