WFP forced to cut food aid to 1 million Zimbabweans

A Zimbabwean woman collects her monthly food allocation from Chitowa clinic in Buhera District about 405 km (251 miles) east of the capital Harare July 12, 2012. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

HARARE (Reuters) - A million Zimbabweans benefiting from United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) aid are facing hunger due to a lack of funding that has caused deep cuts in assistance, the organisation said on Tuesday.

In September, the WFP said 2.2 million people in the southern African country faced food shortages, the highest in four years, following a drought and poor harvest.