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AUDIO SLIDESHOW: East Africa battles worst drought in decades
Written by: Frank Nyakairu
Drought, for a fifth year running, is driving more than 20 million East Africans in seven countries towards severe hunger and destitution. Rural communities have been hit hardest with acute shortages of water and pasture, wiping out livestock and killing a significant percentage of food crops. I have been to many of these communities, and with this audio slideshow tried to let those affected tell their story. There are experiences of three people from some of the worst drought-affected parts of north central Kenya and north-eastern Uganda. A Ugandan elder and rainmaker, Laurien Lokwareng, from Karamoja speaks of climate change and how drought has pitted communities against each other as they fight over water sources and pasture. In Kenya's Laikipia district, a farmer, Grace Muthoni and pastoralist, Gerewan Losakut, speak of how drought has driven them to hunger and left them dependant on food aid.
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