Tales of hunger, thirst, despair

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MARGARET CHISANGA, Lusaka
THE tales are chilling.
“People planted, crops germinated and flourished until a heat with an intensity like no other swept over our land. The crops withered and only stumps remained,” headman Makambo of Mwindilila village in Pemba district says as he closes a community meeting.
“The livestock, having no green grass to graze on, moved to the fields and ate the stumps. If no help comes soon, our livestock await certain death.” (more…)

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FROM left: Minister of Energy Mathew Nkhuwa, Association of Power Utilities in Africa director general Abel Tella and Southern Province Minister Edify Hamukale in Livingstone. PICTURE: LUCY LUMBE

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LUCY LUMBE, Livingstone
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Limpo’s live band entertains Livingstone residents

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NDANGWA MWITTAH, Livingstone
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