Drought assessment on-going

Drought has affected food production
Drought has affected food production

A drought assessment team has been dispatched to traverse the country to measure the severity of the prevailing drought.

Though this is an annual exercise carried after the cropping season, the call was made much earlier than usual this year, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) has explained.

Drought assessments are carried at local authority level hence the MLGRD is the focal ministry though various ministries make up the team.

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‘Boraboko’ should face the wrath of the law

Still in Molepolole, a young woman was also reported missing, only for her decapitated body to be found inside in a shallow grave! The issue of missing persons has always been a challenge in our country, and a considerable number of missing persons are unfortunately found dead! Something troubling is the murders related to missing persons, which touch on an array of issues, including the killing of intimate partners, often referred to as passion...

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