Famine In Zimbabwe Will Destabilize All Of South Africa

The Face Of Zimbabwe Today

From The Guardian:

Threat of mass starvation looms in Zimbabwe after latest harvest fails

· Five million will need help within months, warns UN
· Families flee as many reduced to one meal a day

Millions of Zimbabweans are threatened with starvation after the widespread failure of the latest harvest brought on by the government's disastrous mishandling of land redistribution, and food shortages in the shops caused by hyperinflation.

The United Nations says hundreds of thousands of people require food aid immediately because they have harvested little or nothing in recent weeks. It has warned that up to 5 million will need assistance in the coming months. A third of the population is chronically malnourished.

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My Comment: Zimbabwe's neighbors are the only ones who can effective put pressure on Robert Mugabe and his allies to relinquish power. Unfortunately, they will not do it until catastrophe in the form of famine visits the country.

If the Guardian article is true .... the wait is not going to be long.