Covid-19 fuels hunger in Zimbabwe's urban areas

Zimbabweans during Covid lockdown

People queue at money transfer service in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on March 31, 2020. PHOTO | AFP


 

Zimbabwe has seen a huge a jump in the number of food insecure families in urban areas in the past year with 2.4 million residents now struggling to meet their basic food needs, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.

The spike in the number of food insecure people in urban areas has been blamed on lockdowns imposed starting last year to slow down the spread of Covid-19.