southern africa: Conference to Examine Regional Food Crisis

High-level discussions on Southern Africa's food crisis which began in Johannesburg on Thursday, attracted representatives from a wide range of aid agencies, donors, and regional governments, says the World Food Programme (WFP). The two-day meeting followed warnings by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and WFP that more than 10 million people in six Southern African countries are threatened with starvation over the next year.