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UN warns of southern Africa crisis
bbc.co.uk -- At least 10 million people face starvation in four southern African countries unless the international community acts swiftly, UN aid agencies have warned. "We have to get the message out to donors - a famine can be averted if they act quickly." WFP regional director Judith Lewis A report jointly compiled by the UN World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organisation - one of the most comprehensive to date of the crisis - said that famine in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland is not yet widespread, but warned that urgent action is needed in order to avert a humanitarian crisis.

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