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    JOHANNESBURG

    Southern Africa's crop production prospects are "generally satisfactory" despite the recent flooding in large parts of the region, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said in its latest update.

    The FAO said that the food supply situation in Angola remained "very serious" and that emergency food aid was needed for Angolan refugees in Zambia and Namibia.

    It added that a joint FAO/WFP Food Supply Assessment Mission planned to visit Angola in mid April to review the harvest, assess the food supply situation and estimate the cereal import requirements, including food aid, for next year.

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