Hunger season "bites" across southern Africa

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WFP responds to drought victims in Malawi

Erratic rain fall during the last planting season and unseasonably high food prices are among the reasons millions face food shortages across southern Africa.

As a result, the UN World Food Progamme, WFP, is scaling up efforts to deliver food assistance to more than three and a half million people in the drought-hit areas.

WFP's Elisabeth Byrs told UN Radio's Patrick Maigua exactly where the problem areas are.

Duration: 4’17″

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