Namibia looks to help from China and India, desalination for Windhoek amid historic drought
More than 48% of Namibia 's population is regarded as food insecure as the country faces its worst drought in a century. More than 48% of Namibia 's population is regarded as food insecure.Rice from China, millet from India, 640 wild animals slaughtered for game meat, and purifying sea water are some of the stopgap measures Namibia is planning as it faces its worst drought in a century.
"We are working on sourcing water from as far as 400km to supply Windhoek," he said, and the government is pushing ahead with plans for a desalination plant. The UN is"deeply alarmed" by what it has seen since. Some communities have lost their crops and are on the verge of losing their livestock for a lack of pasture, said Reena Ghelani, the UN Assistant Secretary-General, and Climate Crisis Coordinator for the El Niño/La Niña Response, after visiting hunger hotspot Omaheke, where a tenth of the population is considered at risk of acute starvation.
"Government will work on providing them with seed because a great deal of them ate their seeds when hunger struck. We will also avail subsidised fertiliser," he said.#NamibiaThe Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism donated 30 hippos, 60 buffalo, 50 impalas, 100 blue wildebeests, 300 zebras and 100 elands sourced from the country's national parks.In May, SADC issued a humanitarian appeal to help more than 60 million people at a cost of more than R100 billion.
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