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Nearly 68 million people reeling from drought in Southern Africa: Official

Nearly 68 million people reeling from drought in Southern Africa: Official

Above: Lusaka, Zambia's dry fields in 2024 due to the ongoing drought Image credit: Icem4k / Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

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ClimateThe changeoccurrence of El Nino, a climate phenomenon, is drivingcausing droughtsa severe drought in Southernsouthern Africa, resulting in water shortages, food insecurity for millions of people, and wildlife deaths in Botswana and Zimbabwe. People are starving and urgently in need of humanitarian assistanceaid, whereas internationalforeign donors have fallennot shortmet of the goaltarget setestablished to addresstackle this crisiscatastrophe. The region is in dire need of international reliefassistance, and donors mustneed to step up their efforts nowimmediately.


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