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Worst Yet To Come In Southern Africa Drought, UN Says
Worst Yet To Come In Southern Africa Drought, UN Says A record drought that has devastated crops across southern Africa, causing millions of people to go hungry and pushing five countries to declare a national disaster, is entering its worst stage, the UN has warned.
According to some estimates, the drought is the worst to hit the region in 100 years, The drought has wiped out 70 percent of the harvest in Zambia and 80 percent in Zimbabwe, severely reducing supply and pushing up food prices, she said.
"When you go now to rural productive areas of Southern Africa, what you see is a devastated scenario," she said. Worst Yet To Come In Once-in-a-century Southern Africa Drought, UN Says | Barron's (barrons.com)