Drought-stricken Zimbabwe declares state of disaster

by Farai Mutsaka

Ekai Lopeyak walks home carrying the body of one of his family’s goats, which he found dead outside the town of Kalokol on the western shore of Lake Turkana in November. Traditional pastoralists have turned to fishing in ever greater numbers in recent years as drought has decimated their herds of livestock. Photo: © Emily H. Johnson/The Washington Post

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