As the worst drought in over a century hits the lower African region, millions of people across the region are going hungry, risking a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations has warned.
Sadly, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have all declared a state of national disaster in the past months as the drought has destroyed crops and livestock.
Similarly, Angola and Mozambique are also severely affected. The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said in a briefing on Tuesday, warning that the crisis is expected to deepen until the next harvests in March or April 2025.
This month of October in Southern Africa marks the start of the lean season, and each month is expected to be worse than the previous one until harvests next year in March and April. Crops have failed, livestock have perished, and children are lucky to receive one meal per day.”
