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U.N. food agency says 14 million face hunger in southern Africa [1]

About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday.

Publication Date: 
19/01/2016
Reuters [2]
Tags:
Natural Disasters [3], Food Security [4], Droughts [5], El Nino [6], South Africa [7], Malnutrition [8], World Food Programme (WFP) [9], Agriculture [10], Rainfall [11], Africa [12]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/droughts
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/el-nino
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-africa
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malnutrition
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/world-food-programme-wfp
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa