Hunger has risen by almost 80% in Eastern and Southern Africa in five years as the water crisis continues - Oxfam France

116 million people living in the eight African countries facing the worst water crises do not have access to safe drinking water. Sudden floods have become 20 times more frequent between 2000 and 2022. According to a new Oxfam report, the climate crisis in recent decades has considerably increased the water shortage in Eastern and Southern Africa, depriving more than 116 million people, or 40 per cent of the population, of safe drinking water.Cl…