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Wednesday, 07/29/2020 5:15:04 PM

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 5:15:04 PM

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Does anyone recall hearing about a drought in Lesotho?

I didn't think so - I don't believe Kiran ever mentioned it.


And Lesotho just went through one, leaving millions of people without adequate food and water.

Published Dec. 20, 2019

A total of half a million people – more than 1/4 of the population of #Lesotho – are facing severe food insecurity because of severe drought which has gripped the country.



Published Jan 30, 2020

According to the UN, more than 500,000 people – a quarter of Lesotho’s population – face severe hunger due to droughts that caused a 60% fall in cereal production last year, compared with 2018.

At least 71,000 people in rural areas are “one step away from famine”, says Jens Laerke, spokesperson from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which in December launched a $34m flash appeal for more funding.

“We can’t plant any crops in this drought situation. The rains only came last December and everything we had planted had wilted. We have no livestock left to sell or exchange for grain. So, unless we get help, we are just going to starve,” says Molapo.



So people couldn't plant food, but Halo was frantically planting cannabis? THAT'S F'D UP!

Droughts could substantially affect Halo operations and its workers in the future. Lesotho went through another in 2016.



On top of that, Lesotho now has 576 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 13 deaths.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/lesotho/