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Nearly 68 million suffering from drought in southern Africa, says regional bloc

A farmer in Mangwe district in southwestern Zimbabwe, in the middle of his dried up crop field amid a drought, in Zimbabwe, on 22 March 2024. AP - Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi

About 68 million people in southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought which has wiped out crops across the region, the regional bloc SADC said.

Some 68 million people, or 17 percent of the region's population, are in need of aid, said Elias Magosi, SADC executive secretary.

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