3 Million Zimbabweans Feeling El Nino Fallout

Zimbabwe's government this week launched a $1.5 billion international appeal for assistance to avert hunger, as some parts of the country are feeling the pinch of severe drought conditions blamed on the El Nino weather phenomenon and resulting food shortages. Chivi district, in Masvingo province about 350 kilometers south of Harare is one of the areas hard hit by hunger in Zimbabwe. In Madzivadondo village, the land is dry, nothing is green. There are no crops although it is...

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