Millions across Southern Africa are facing severe hunger due to a historic drought, which the United Nations has warned could lead to a full-scale humanitarian crisis.
Countries like Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have declared states of national disaster in recent months as the drought has decimated crops and livestock. Angola and Mozambique are also suffering greatly, according to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP). The crisis is expected to worsen until the next harvest, which is projected for March or April 2025.
“A historic drought – the worst food crisis yet – has devastated more than 27 million lives across the region,” said WFP spokesperson Tomson Phiri. “Some 21 million children are malnourished.”
