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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is assessing the impact of the unprecedented drought in Africa and working on ways to provide support to the affected countries. It may be recalled that several African countries declared national emergencies over drought
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is assessing the impact of the unprecedented drought in Africa and working on ways to provide support to the affected countries. It may be recalled that several African countries declared national emergencies over drought.
Julie Kozack, Communications Director, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a press conference recently that the IMF has over the last several years and decades seen an increased frequency of climate shocks globally’. He further said that Africa has been particularly hard hit by these climate shocks as drought has taken a menacing proportion in countries like Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia.
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Hussein Athuman Kattanga, the permanent representative of the Republic of Tanzania said In Somalia alone, about 1.4 million people have been displaced by drought while in Zambia, President Hakainde Hichilema declared a national disaster and emergency over drought in March, saying it had devastated food production and electricity supply. Drought is caused by a lack of rainfall, causing serious water shortages. Drought conditions are spilling over to other East African countries
