Crops have failed in several countries, with 27m people at risk of hunger according to World Food Programme
Emmanuel Himoonga paced his dry field, picking up stalks of maize that had been bleached almost to bone white.
An unprecedented El Niño-induced dry spell, which lasted almost two months from late January in the middle of what should have been the region’s rainy season, wiped out more than half the harvest in some countries.have declared national disasters, while parts of Angola and Mozambique are also badly affected.
Perdison added: “If you look at rainfall patterns, if you look at drought patterns within the region, we cannot point to any other factor than climate change.”and the situation is set to get worse. “We cannot afford three meals a day and, me, I am better off,” said the chief, a father of 13. “You don’t want to imagine what is happening to my subjects. People are starving here and merely surviving by the grace of God.”
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