The carcass of a dead cow lies in the Black Umfolozi River, dry from the effects ot the latest severe drought, in Nongoma district north west from Durban. -AFP filepic
MOLATEDI, South Africa: In the middle of a desiccated lake bed in South Africa’s North West province, a seven-month-old calf is too weak to get up. It is doomed to die from thirst and hunger.
A devastating drought is claiming thousands of livestock in Africa’s most developed economy and prompting many to fear famine.
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