Nearly 68M suffer from drought in Southern Africa, SADC says

FILE - James Tshuma, a farmer in Mangwe district in southwestern Zimbabwe, stands in the middle of his dried-up crop field amid a drought, in Zimbabwe, March, 22, 2024.

About 68 million people in Southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought that has wiped out crops across the region, the regional bloc SADC said Saturday.