The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that the impact of the drought in southern Africa could get a lot worse.
Earlier, BBC reported that the WFP is saying that about 14 million people are currently facing hunger there.
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But the WFP’s David Orr told the BBC’s Focus on Africa radio programme that this figure is a result of last year’s drought.
Looking ahead, he said, “those numbers could rise dramatically” because of the current problems caused by the El-Nino weather system.
