Zimbabweans Resort to Selling off Livestock to Ease Hunger

Here at Chachacha village in southeast Zimbabwe, men force their cattle into a truck bound for market. Drought brought on by particularly severe El Nino weather patterns has left 14 million people across Zimbabwe and southern Africa without enough to eat. The current rainy season has been the driest in 35 years, according to the U.N. World Food Program. Johannes Chibvongodze is among the people selling his cattle because he can't afford to feed them, or buy food for himself and his...

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