U.N. ups Zimbabwe aid appeal after cyclone

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U.N. ups Zimbabwe aid appeal after cyclone
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Zimbabweans are also facing an economic crisis - prices of staples such as sugar, cooking oil and rice have risen as much as 60 percent since February, fuelling anger against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.

Victims of Cyclone Idai receive food aid at Siverstream Estates in Chipinge, Zimbabwe in the wake of Cyclone Idai's rampage.

The United Nations asked donors on Friday for an extra $60 million to help Zimbabwe recover from a cyclone that tore through eastern regions last month.It killed at least 268 in the southern African country and hundreds more in neighbouring Mozambique and Malawi.

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