According local UN officials, as many as one in three Basotho may require food aid until next year. 
Kwa mujibu wa maafisa wa Umoja wa Mataifa nchini humo, hali ni mbaya kiasi kwamba inawezekana kwa kila raia watatu wa nchi hiyo, mmoja anaweza kuhitaji msaada wa chakula kufikia mwakani.