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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...
Zimbabwe predicts a sharp decline in tobacco crop as El Niño takes toll, a year after record harvest
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoZimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, began its annual tobacco-selling season on Wednesday,...
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...
In Zimbabwe's rainy season, women forage for wild mushrooms
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoZimbabwe's rainy season brings a bonanza of wild mushrooms, which many rural families feast upon and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...