Drought Pushes Millions Into ‘Acute Hunger’ in Southern Africa
Source: @BreaknNews
An estimated 20 million people in southern Africa are facing what the United Nations calls “acute hunger” as one of the worst droughts in more than four decades shrivels crops, decimates livestock and, after years of rising food prices brought on by pandemic and war, spikes the price of corn, the region’s staple crop.Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe have all declared national emergencies.It is a bitter foretaste of…
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