Southern African Drought Set To Hit Zimbabwe Hardest, U.N. Says

Reuters: Zimbabweans go hungry as drought hammers southern Africa
“…The drought is likely to damage harvests across southern Africa — from southern Angola to Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, and Namibia, the World Food Programme (WFP) says. The impact is looking particularly serious for Zimbabwe, where the economy has been struggling for five years to recover from a catastrophic recession that was marked by billion percent hyperinflation and widespread food shortages…” (Dzirutwe, 5/26).

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