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UN Assesses Situation in Zimbabwe Amid Calls for Food Assistance

by Columbus Mavhunga

   CHIMANIMANI, ZIMBABWE --

   The United Nations is assessing the Cyclone Idai humanitarian situation
   in Zimbabwe as calls for the government to provide aid more quickly
   grow louder.

   At Machongwe village in Zimbabwe's Chimanimani district, the area
   hardest hit by Cyclone Idai, people wait as officials prepare food.

   Cornmeal has run out, but authorities say other food is being
   distributed.

   Coming here has become a daily routine for many since the disaster hit
   March 16, including Susan Makuza. She takes care of five children whose
   parents died in the cyclone.