WFP appeals for $74m as drought hits southern Africa countries
A field is seen next to houses in a village near Lubango in Angola on February 16, 2020. The Huila province in Angola was recently hit by a drought that dried up most water sources and devastated crops across the southern Africa region, where some 45 million people face hunger. PHOTO | AFP
Humanitarian agencies are raising a new alarm on further shortage of food in southern Africa region after several countries declared drought or below-average rains.
On Thursday, the World Food Programme (WFP) listed Madagascar as a new country facing drought.
