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Across Africa, the worst food crisis since 1985 looms for 50 million
2016-05-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Harvest should be the time for celebrations, weddings and full bellies in southern Malawi. But Christopher Witimani, Lilian Matafle and their seven children and four grandchildren had nothing to celebrate last week as they picked their meagre maize crop. Last years drought, followed by erratic rains, hit the village of Nkhotakota hard. But this year the rains never came and, for a second year running, the family grain store is empty. If they manage their savings carefully and eat just one small...
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