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Zimbabwe dry spell: How nation shot itself in the foot

In this Thursday, January 15, 2009 file photo, village women receive aid from the charity organisation, Oxfam International, at a distribution centre 250km from Harare, Zimbabwe. Nearly half of Zimbabweans are currently facing hunger and starvation. [File]

With each new day, more Zimbabweans continue to march towards starvation as food shortage bites.

The country, already grappling with its worst economic crisis since it ousted its long-time ruler Robert Mugabe in 2017, is experiencing its worst famine in 40 years.

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