Southern Africa: Famine puts two million people at risk

The food shortage crisis in three southern African countries is far from over and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for $78-million to provide emergency aid to millions of people. WFP regional director Mike Sackett said the money was needed to provide emergency aid to 1.85-million people in Lesotho, Malawi and Swaziland in the first half of next year.