From Our Own Correspondent: Lesotho's 'Green Drought'
Garry Owen reports from rural Lesotho on a slow-motion catastrophe as crops shrivel and die across southeastern Africa
A serious drought is affecting farmers and herders across southeastern Africa - and it spells disaster for many people in Lesotho, one of the world's most rural and agricultural societies. Garry Owen reports from the Mafetang region on what he saw - and, crucially, didn't see - amid the breathtaking landscape. For many people here, the cupboard is bare, the orchards are empty, and their crops for next year have already shrivelled and died.
Photo: Despite recent, erratic rains which have greened the hillsides with grass, many maize fields in Lesotho are now withered and will produce no food for next year. (c) 成人快手 - Garry Owen
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- Thu 30 Jun 2016 15:23GMT成人快手 World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa