A CRITICAL food crisis has hit the valley areas of Lumezi District in Eastern Province. Lumezi District Commissioner Jimmy Phiri and Headman Chese of Kazembe chiefdom have both confirmed the hunger situation in separate interviews with ZANIS in the area. Headman Chese, Elijah Phiri, said over 200 villages in Chief Kazembe’s area have run out of staple food to feed their families. The Headman identified some of the most hit villages as Chese, Mgwilapako, Kabindama, Zumale, Kauta, and Msekeni among others. He said the only dried mango chips which the people depended on have now run out, leaving them with no food or wild fruits to feed on. The village headman attributed the hunger situation in the valley to human-animal...