Uganda: Drought and Famine Forecast by Parliament for 2011By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Publié le 18 octobre 2010 par veritas

By BLOOMBERG NEWS

More than half of Uganda’s 31 million people face severe food shortages by February 2011 because of an expected drought, Parliament said in a statement on Friday, citing the minister for disaster preparedness, Tarsis Kabwegyere. The current rains, the statement said, will be followed by an “unusual period of drought and severe water shortage” that will spread famine and kill livestock in many parts of East Africa.

Source: The New York Times

Published : October 15, 2010