Drought is draining water supplies and driving up food costs where you’d least expect

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By Ayurella Horn-MullerJul 9, 2025, 1:29 pm92 ptsTrending
Taking shovels and buckets to a dried-up sandy belt of the Vhombozi River in Zimbabwe last August, groups of Mudzi district villagers gathered to dig with the hope of somehow finding water. The southern African region had entered into a state of severe drought, which had shriveled the Vhombozi, a primary water…

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