The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated Zimbabwe US$11 million in humanitarian aid, The Herald reported on Tuesday.

The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes announced the aid package last week in which 14 countries, including Zimbabwe, were allocated a total of US$75 million to boost humanitarian response.

The 14 countries are faced with food shortages, diseases and conflict. The funds will be granted to UN humanitarian agencies and the International Organisation for Migration, and through them to partner organisations, including non-governmental organisations, to support humanitarian projects in the affected countries.

Countries were selected to receive grants based on an analysis of the funding levels of their aid programs, the severity of the humanitarian needs, security and other constraints on aid delivery.

Humanitarian actors in Zimbabwe received the largest single allocation of US$11 million.