ZIMBABWE: "Food relief operators are overwhelmed"

BULAWAYO Friday, November 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Impatience among the hungry and food relief operations put on the back foot by a three-month ban are complicating an already desperate situation as Zimbabwe barrels towards its peak food crisis, less than two months away. The UN estimates that in the first quarter of 2009 more than 5.1 million people, nearly half the population, will require food assistance, although many humanitarian workers privately fear the extent of malnutrition may be deeper...