The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has "warmly welcomed" the arrival of a 33,000 mt shipment of relief food into the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam at the weekend, earmarked to help feed millions of people facing food shortages across Southern Africa. The US-donated food aid was transferred onto trucks and rail wagons destined for Malawi and Zambia. After Tanzania, the ship is to set sail for Maputo to deliver the remaining 9,890 mt of food for drought-hit Mozambique, a WFP statement said. Trucks take four to five days to reach Malawi from Dar es Salaam.