drought

Prolonged drought conditions across Zimbabwe are driving acute malnutrition among children, prompting health authorities and agricultural experts to call for structural interventions beyond emergency food distribution.

Cabinet Secretary Ruku has committed government support to drought-stricken Kajiado residents, highlighting the escalating humanitarian crisis affecting pastoral communities in Kenya's southern rangelands.

Farmers across Africa confront mounting pressures as Nigerian agricultural operators grapple with lending rates reaching 60 percent while Zimbabwean growers battle prolonged dry spells threatening maize and tobacco harvests.