The United States will provide an additional 73,500 tons of food aid to southern Africa enough to feed more than five million people for one month, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) said Wednesday.
According to a news release from the US embassy here, US AID hasdecided to send more food based on the concern that poor harvest and worsening economic conditions will lead to widespread hunger in countries such as Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Additional supplies of bulgur wheat, cornmeal, sorghum, peas, beans and vegetable oil will reach the target areas through the UNWorld Food Program (WFP), said the news release.
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