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Farmer Takesure Chimbu combs through dry stover, salvaged from a failed maize crop which he hopes to save and feed to his livestock, which will have minimal pastures this year because of the El-Nino induced drought, in Mudzi on July 2, 2024. (NJIKIZANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Drought leaves Zimbabwe’s Kapotesa dam dry, villagers struggle for survival

In the Mudzi district, cases of malnutrition have increased by 20 percent over the past three months

Fanuel Jongwe