Ny hungersnød truer Uganda

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Forventet regn kommer ikke til at hjælpe Uganda: I så-tiden var der tørke i landet. Så kort kan de dystre udsigter opsummeres for det hårdtprøvede land.

“Our projection is that from November to April, we shall have no food,” Nahaman Ojwe, the Moroto resident district commissioner, told IRIN. “Looking at the harvest, it is pretty clear that what we got is not what we expected. When it rained, people planted, but the crops withered, meaning we lost an entire season.”

“Our forecast suggests that the El Niño rains that are expected in the country are less likely to reach this region and even if they did, the first rain is what matters in this region,” John Lodungakol, Moroto District agricultural officer said.

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