EU provides additional €10 million for humanitarian assistance in Zimbabwe

Published on August 6, 2019

The EU has announced that it is providing an additional €10 million in funding to help address growing humanitarian needs in Zimbabwe.

A combination of climatic shocks, exacerbated by the economic crisis, led to critical food shortages. The situation is not expected to improve until April 2020, when the next harvest takes place.

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