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AFRICA: In eastern Africa, the food situation is grave in Ethiopia and Eritrea where the number of people in need food assistance now stands at 12.5 million and 2.3 million respectively. With the lean season just beginning, more food aid pledges and faster delivery are urgently required. In southern Africa, Zimbabwe faces acute food shortages with some 5.5 million people in need of assistance. In southern Mozambique some 950 000 people will require emergency food aid in 2003/04. In western Africa, the food situation of a large number of people in Mauritania, Liberia and C�te d�Ivoire is of serious concern. |