Drought

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After years of conflict and the effects of climate change, the number of displaced people has reached 3.8 million.

The 2.4bn raised was less than the $7bn the UN says is needed to provide help to millions at risk in the region.

Humanitarian organisations say time is running out as affected communities have gone for months with little or no food.

With no sign of rain clouds, the Catalan regional government broadens curbs on water use to 495 towns or villages.

Scientists say rising greenhouse gas emissions made the drought in the Horn of Africa at least 100 times more likely.

Nearly 12 million people, a 10th of the population, are at risk of famine in Ethiopia’s drought-affected areas.

The drought-hit country announced other tight restrictions on water usage as it braces for another baking summer.

The country’s inflation has not surpassed 100 percent in over three decades, as value of Argentina’s currency plummets.

Already struggling under spiralling inflation, the South American country faces a decline in grain, its main export.

About half of the state has been lifted out of drought conditions by a series of storms that have drenched the region.

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