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Inland drought is killing local communities

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‘No drinking water and sky-high prices’ by Euritha Tjan A Way PARAMARIBO — “A drey, a drey dangerous. I can’t sail my boat anymore. Because when I sail, the outboard breaks before I get where I need to be. The water is much too low,” says Simeon Glunder, the grand chief of the Aluku. In his area on the upper reaches of the Marowijne and Lawa rivers, it is bone dry. “And because it doesn’t rain, there is no rainwater to drink. We used to be able …
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