Southern Africa endures its worst hunger crisis in decades. Drought from El Nino to blame, UN says File A man stands in a sun-baked dried up watering hole in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, as the United Nations' food agency says months of drought in southern Africa, triggered by the El Nino weather phenomenon, has had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's worst hunger crisis in decades. .(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/File)
File Villagers pump water at a borehole in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, July 2, 2024.as the United Nations' food agency says months of drought in southern Africa, triggered by the El Nino weather phenomenon, has had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's worst hunger crisis in decades. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli/File)
File Villagers fetch water from a makeshift borehole in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. as the United Nations' food agency says months of drought in southern Africa, triggered by the El Nino weather phenomenon, has had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's worst hunger crisis in decades. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli/File)
FILE - A woman walks along a path in a drought-stricken field in Zvimba, rural Zimbabwe, Saturday, June, 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)
File A women scoops water from a hole she has dug in a dried up riverbed in Lusitu, Zambia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe/File)
File Villagers fetch water from a makeshift borehole in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. as the United Nations' food agency says months of drought in southern Africa, triggered by the El Nino weather phenomenon, has had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's worst hunger crisis in decades. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli)
File A woman scoops water from a hole she has dug in a dried up riverbed in Lusitu, Zambia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe/File)
Baobab trees stand in Chirundu, Zambia, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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File A man stands in a sun-baked dried up watering hole in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, as the United Nations' food agency says months of drought in southern Africa, triggered by the El Nino weather phenomenon, has had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's worst hunger crisis in decades. .(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/File)