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Aug 7, 2019

Zimbabwe is ‘marching toward starvation’

Glencore shutters the world’s biggest copper mine. Three more global central banks slash interest rates. The U.N. warns one-third of Zimbabweans will need food aid before the next harvest amid drought and economic crisis.

Future Nyamukondiwa inspects a stunted cob in her dry maize field on March 13, 2019, in the Mutoko rural area of Zimbabwe. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)        (Photo credit should read JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)
Future Nyamukondiwa inspects a stunted cob in her dry maize field on March 13, 2019, in the Mutoko rural area of Zimbabwe. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)

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