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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Savage in Kampheko 2 and Chiganji, Malawi

‘Without water nothing can exist’: the Malawians repeatedly displaced by drought

People cycle on the dried Lake Chilwa, eastern Malawi.
People cycle on the dried Lake Chilwa, eastern Malawi. Photograph: Amos Gumulira/AFP

Julius Chibonda has moved twice in the past 16 months in search of enough water and fertile land to support his entrepreneurial dreams, one of millions of rural Malawians struggling with increasingly unpredictable rainfall and droughts made more ferocious by the climate crisis.

The 61-year-old farmer was eager to talk and quick to smile. But his face fell when he saw the dry, empty land in the village of Kampheko 2, where he had grown tomatoes, garlic, okra and maize.

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