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Zambia, like many other countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, experienced El Niño weather conditions that caused severe drought, leading to nearly 100 percent crop failure in 84 of the country’s 116 districts. By Alfonso Kasongo (Lusaka, Zambia) The recent drought is likely to exacerbate malnutrition levels in Zambia, with nearly 52,000 children under the age of five in four provinces at risk of developing wasting, a form of lethal malnutrition, next year if no preventive measures are taken, according to a survey by Zambia’s National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC). Another 276,000 children in the same…

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