Hunger to hit 1.5 million people in Zimbabwe as maize production halves

Around 1.5 million Zimbabweans are predicted to go hungry this year after a dramatic fall in maize production, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Some 16 percent of the population are expected to be 'food insecure' at the peak of the 2015-16 lean season, the period following harvest when food stocks run especially low - a 164 pecent increase on the previous year, the WFP said.