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The United Nations has warned that over 30 million people across Southern Africa have been affected by a severe drought, reliefweb reported yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ongoing crisis has led to a devastating rainfall deficit and rising temperatures, resulting in widespread harvest failure and livestock deaths across the region, the source mentioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Countries like Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe have declared states of emergency as the situation continues to deteriorate. Millions could be pushed into acute hunger unless urgent support is mobilized before the next lean season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The joint call was made by the UN, NGOs, regional and national authorities, humanitarian and development partners during a briefing on the emergency in Southern Africa, held in Pretoria, South Africa, to highlight the severe impacts of El Ni\u00f1o and the climate-driven crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The United Nations has warned that over 30 million people across Southern Africa have been affected by a severe drought, reliefweb reported yesterday. The ongoing crisis has led to a devastating rainfall deficit and rising temperatures, resulting in widespread harvest failure and livestock deaths across the region, the source mentioned. Countries like Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":106144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[8396,8397],"class_list":["post-106143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","tag-el-nino-drought","tag-un-call-for-action"],"yoast_head":"\n