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 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - The United States has thrown a lifeline to six southern African countries, donating food aid valued at $45 million, the U.N. food agency said Thursday.
The 94,000-ton donation brings the U.S. government's total food contribution for the year to $150 million, the World Food Program said.
The latest U.S. donation includes beans, peas, lentils, maize meal, corn-soya blend, sorghum, millet, vegetable oil and bulgur wheat, expected to start arriving in the region in January. The food will be distributed across Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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