Harare (CNN) More than two million people in Zimbabwe are facing starvation after a severe drought that affected food harvests, the World Food Programme said in a report.

"We are talking about people who truly are marching towards starvation if we are not here to help them. We are facing a drought unlike any that we have seen in a long time," David Beasley said in the Zimbabwean capital Harare on Tuesday.

The UN in Zimbabwe and the government launched a humanitarian appeal for US$331 million to assist those affected in the southern African nation.

Zimbabwe is battling the impact of droughts that occurred between October and May, and the effect of a powerful cyclone that ripped through the eastern parts of the country.

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