He sees the crops withered through drought and devoured by pests on a shrivelled land struggling to escape the paralysis of famine. |
As a result of the war, in addition to drought and famine, more than 750,000 left their country as refugees. |
At present half the population, 6.7 million people, are facing food shortages due to famine. |
In a region noted for drought, famine, climatic extreme and racked by a 30-year civil war, the findings were almost unbelievable. |
They estimate that mortality from the famine was in the range of four to six million deaths. |
The Aids pandemic in some rural areas has led to famine, that is affecting millions of people. |