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Zimbabwe halts emergency food aid


More than five million people in
Zimbabwe reportedly need food aid

The government of Zimbabwe has told international donors that it does not need emergency food aid this year, because it expects a bumper harvest.

Labour Minister Paul Mangwana told the country's official news agency: "We have enough for local consumption."

But the opposition has said there is a severe food shortage, and that without international help people will starve.

The government has been accused of only giving food aid to its supporters. Elections are due early next year.

A former food exporter, Zimbabwe has relied on food aid since it began controversial land reform seizures in 2000.

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