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Thu 12 Dec 2005Crisis in Harare deepening, says envoy
ZIMBABWE: United Nations humanitarian envoy Jan Egeland left Zimbabwe yesterday after a four-day tour and said its humanitarian crisis was deepening, with millions in need of aid.
"The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is very serious. The need for international aid is big and growing," Egeland, the UN humanitarian affairs and emergency relief co-ordinator, told journalists on Tuesday after talks with president Robert Mugabe and government officials.
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