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Pastoralist communities in the Horn of Africa are some of the hardest hit by the drought. They rely on livestock for income and food, and the lack of water only increases their existing vulnerability

An unwanted guest: El Niño and Africa in 2016

23 December 2015
El Niño is the largely unwanted Christmas gift – a warming of the tropical Pacific causing drought and floods that will peak at the end of this month, but will impact weather systems around the globe into 2016. This year’s...

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    ICRC distributes maize to farmers in Zimbabwe's Fuchira region affected by drought

    Southern Africa's food crisis

    4 December 2015
    Close to 29 million people in southern Africa are already facing food shortages as a result of this season’s poor harvest, but worse could be...

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    Air pollution causes over 3,000 deaths in Kabul, health officials say

    Killing us softly

    27 March 2015
    A recent public outcry in China, sparked by a damning documentary about air pollution, was based on well-founded fear: Of the 100 million people who...
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