LUSAKA Feb 3 (Reuters) – Zambia closed two government universities on Wednesday following violent student protests over unpaid meal allowances, its higher education minister said.
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U.N. food agency says 14 million face hunger in southern Africa
The World Food Programme (WFP) has raised concern about food security in southern Africa where an estimated 14 million people are facing hunger following prolonged dry spells that led to a poor harvest last year. The weather condition is said to have been worsened by El Nino, a pattern which typically brings drier conditions to Southern Africa and wetter ones to East Africa.