Khama seeks P29.6bn for El Nino-hit SADC

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President Ian Khama, in his capacity as the SADC chair, is set to launch a global appeal for US$2.7 billion (P29.6bn) of relief aid. The aid would go to 23 million citizens wallowing in extreme hunger, with experts warning of imminent deaths.

The southern African region experienced successive El Nino events during the cropping seasons of 2014 and 2015, characterised by extremely dry conditions, heatwaves, drying up of major dams and associated crop and livestock failure.

Some countries in the northern parts of the region experienced flooding, which devastated agricultural output.

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