The United Nations’ food agency says months of drought in southern Africa – triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon – have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region’s worst hunger crisis. 

The World Food Program spokesperson, Tomson Phiri, said yesterday that this is the worst food crisis in decades, and warned it could become a “full-scale human catastrophe.”

Five countries Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe — have declared national disasters over the drought and resultant hunger. 

The World Food Program estimates that about 21 million children in southern Africa are now malnourished as crops have failed.

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