After drought, southern Africa threatened by floods

UN agencies warned Thursday that southern African countries were at risk of another year of food shortages as the drought-hit region is expected to be hit by above-average rainfall likely to trigger floods. The region is still reeling from the effects of the El Nino weather phenomenon which devastated crops leaving some 18 million people […]

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Drought: Zimbabwe needs $1.5 billion in food aid

ZIMBABWE’S vice president says the drought-stricken country needs to raise $1.5 billion for food aid. Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Wednesday that over 70 percent of crops in the southern part of the country were wiped out by drought conditions brought on by the El Nino weather phenomenon affecting southern Africa. Mnangagwa told international diplomats […]

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