US govt feeds vulnerable Zimbabweans

HARARE - Despite claims of US targeted sanctions harming Zimbabwe's economy, the American government has given Zimbabwe food aid worth over R660-million.

The US says general economic hardship in Zimbabwe, and price increases driven by the Ukraine war, has worsened the plight of the poor.

American officials say the aid will be used to avert starvation in the country's rural regions.

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The USAID food deliveries include maize and sorghum grains and vegetable oil which will be used to feed seven hundred-thousand hungry rural Zimbabweans.

While handing over the food to the World Food Programme for distribution, the US Embassy in Harare said its government is making efforts to tackle starvation in Zimbabwe