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UN seeks $430 million for drought-hit Zimbabwe, saying millions of people need food and water
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAbout half of Zimbabwe’s population urgently needs food and water after the country’s worst drought in four decades, the U.N. humanitarian agency said Thursday as it launched an appeal for $430 ...
8 family members die in Mozambique’s latest capsizing, a week after another killed nearly 100 people
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAt least eight people from one family have died after their homemade boat sank in central Mozambique, state media reported Tuesday. Monday's sinking on a tributary of the Zambezi River in Sofala ...
More than 90 people die trying to flee Mozambique cholera outbreak after ferry sinks
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAt least 96 people have died and 26 are missing after a ferry full of families trying to flee a...
Tens of millions facing hunger and water shortages as extreme drought and floods sweep southern...
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMore than 24 million people face hunger, malnutrition and water scarcity as experts warn the crisis...
Zimbabwe declares drought disaster, the latest in a region where El Nino has left millions hungry
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoZimbabwe declared a state of disaster Wednesday over a devastating drought that's sweeping across...
'Toughest season': El Niño leaves tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe with less crops and lower prices
Euronews via Yahoo News· 4 months agoZimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, began its annual tobacco-selling season on Wednesday,...
Fresh from a deadly cholera outbreak, Zambia declares drought a national emergency
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoZambian President Hakainde Hichilema Thursday declared the country’s debilitating drought a national...
2.7 million Zimbabweans need food aid as El Nino compounds a drought crisis, UN food program says
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that it was working with Zimbabwe's government and aid...
At least 100 elephants die in drought-stricken Zimbabwe park, a grim sign of El Nino, climate change
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAt least 100 elephants have died in Zimbabwe's largest national park in recent weeks because of...
Longer droughts in Zimbabwe take a toll on wildlife and cause more frequent clashes with people
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn a remote southeastern corner of Zimbabwe, people watched from cars or towers in an annual...