JOHANNESBURG, 27 June 2008 (IRIN): Already heavily dependent on food handouts, Lesotho is buckling under chronic food insecurity, poverty and one of the highest HIV rates in the world.
Now, rising food prices are adding to the crisis in this small Southern african nation, and the most vulnerable, often children, are paying the price.
– The increase in food prices and fuel prices, combined with the end of emergency drought-related relief interventions from donors and government, have resulted in a potentially critical situation, said Aberra Bekele, Deputy Representative of the UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF), adding:
– Children are already the most vulnerable and at risk in Lesotho.
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