Angola: Drought Leaves 2 Million Food Insecure in Angola


Southern Angola is facing the worst drought in decades, with at least 2.3 million people at high risk of suffering malnutrition because they couldn’t get enough food, the United Nations Children’s Fund says.

Among them is 58-year-old farmer Eduardo Noukala, who is struggling to find enough grass and water for the cattle his family now depends on. The worst drought to hit southern Angola in decades destroyed his entire crop.

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