The southern African country of nearly 16 million is experiencing its worst financial crisis since 2008, beset by hyperinflation and the fallout of decades of corruption. Many struggle to buy basics such as food and medicine. With the poor economy and crops devastated by drought and a spring cyclone, the UN World Food Program anticipates that 5.5 million people will need emergency food aid by next April.
Igihugu cya Afurika yepfo kigera kuri miliyoni 16 gifite ikibazo cy’amafaranga kuva mu 2008, cyugarijwe na hyperinflation hamwe na ruswa imaze imyaka ibarirwa muri za mirongo. Benshi barwana no kugura ibyingenzi nkibiryo nubuvuzi. Kubera ko ubukungu bwifashe nabi n’ibihingwa byangijwe n’amapfa n’umuyaga w’impeshyi, Ishami ry’umuryango w’abibumbye ryita ku biribwa riteganya ko abantu miliyoni 5.5 bazakenera ubufasha bw’ibiribwa byihutirwa bitarenze Mata.