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The Malawian drought started in October 15 2005

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In the Sahel in the early 1970s, where the social structures of five countries were all but wiped out;

In Ethiopia in 1974 and again in 1984.

And now, this latest drought affecting a swathe of territory stretching from Somalia to Mozambique.

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Malawi is one of the world’s least developed countries and is ranked 170 out of 187 countries according to the 2010 Human Development Index. It has about 16 million people, 53% of whom live under the national poverty line, and 90% of whom live on less than $2 per day. Wikipedia

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has declared a national disaster over the drought afflicting southern and western regions including Cape Town, though the city pushed back its “Day Zero”, the date when its taps are expected to run dry.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-drought-dayzero/south-africa-declares-drought-a-national-disaster-idUSKBN1FX1BI

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The drought now in eastern parts of Africa is the most widespread in many years, affecting countries from the Horn of Africa through Kenya to Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique. More than 11m people face severe food shortages and dozens have died from hunger-related diseases.

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After the drought there was a severe food crisis that that threatened the life of millions of lives in Africa. This had happened when a large number of refugees had came to Africa and it became unsanitary and people started becoming sick and malnourished. The crisis had mostly affected farmers. When the famine began tens of thousands of  people died. Parts of Uganda where affected by this food crisis.

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In the early months of 2017, parts of South Sudan experienced a famine following several years of instability in the country's food supply caused by war and drought. The famine, largely focused in the northern part of the country, affected an estimated five million people. Wikipedia

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Between July 2011 and mid-2012, a severe drought affected the entire East Africa region. Said to be "the worst in 60 years", the drought caused a severe food crisis across Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya that threatened the livelihood of 9.5 million people. Wikipedia

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East Africa drought questions and answers. Severe drought across the Horn of Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and Djibouti) has left over 12.4 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. In some areas, the current drought is reported to be the worst in over 60 years.

https://www.google.com/search?q=History+Of+Droughts+in+Africa&rlz=1CAPQVW_enUS819&oq=History+Of+Droughts+in+Africa&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61j0l4.4982j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on

The link will take you to google and then press the question How long has the drought in Africa been

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Africa's severe drought