In Pictures: Drought in Africa

Drought, climate change, El Nino and desertification are all severely impacting people in the worst affected countries, leading to food and water shortages

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Schoolchildren attend open-air class at a school in Chikwawa district of the Southern Region of Malawi. The drought that has badly affected Malawi in 2016 has seen an increase in dropouts among schoolchildren as food becomes scarce and family priorities shift towards finding new ways to survive. Children are less likely to go to school if they haven't enough to eat and many seek casual employment instead.

Sun Feb 05 2017 - 06:00

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