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Last week, Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared a national disaster due to a prolonged drought crisis, saying the country needed $2 billion to address hunger. Zimbabwe, once a regional food producer, now grapples with high inflation and scarcity, intensified by climate change-induced droughts. This crisis affects not only food production but also electricity generation, leading to power cuts.

And it鈥檚 not just Zimbabwe. Neighbouring countries are also struggling, with Zambia and Malawi also declaring drought a national disaster.

成人论坛 Africa Daily鈥檚 Alan Kasujja hears from an impacted farmer in Zambia and hears from the 成人论坛's Shingai Nyoka how people are coping in the region.