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9.15.2007 12:00 AM

African Floods Threaten Food Supply

12 Countries in Crisis, as At Least 1 Million People Live in Chaos

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By Dan Shapley

Severe rains and floods have caused crop crises in 12 African nations, threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of Africans, according to Deutsche Presse-Agentur.

In Ghana alone, 400,000 people are homeless, cropland is decimated and some villages had been literally wiped off the map. In all, at least 1 million people have been affected across the continent.


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