Nearly 68m suffering from drought in Southern Africa, SADC says
Township residents carry bottles collected from a municipal water tanker in drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet, South Africa on November 17, 2019. PHOTO | REUTERS
About 68 million people in Southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought which has wiped out crops across the region, the regional bloc SADC said on Saturday.
The drought, which started in early 2024, has hit crop and livestock production, causing food shortages and damaging the wider economies.
