Wednesday, 13 June 2007

Lesotho to need 30,000 T cereals after drought - WFP

(Reuters) - Lesotho will need 30,000 tonnes of cereals in food aid after one of the worst droughts in the past three decades hit the small African nation, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday.

Serious food shortages are expected to set in as early as the third quarter when around 140,000 people will need food assistance, the agency said in a statement.


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