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Features Editors: Paris: Kate Millar +33 1 4041 4636 Hong Kong: Liz Thomas +852 2829 6211 Twitter: @AFPfeature We are offering the following item: + Hunger stalks southern Africa as climate crisis deepens Climate-agriculture-drought-Zambia-Zimbabwe-SAfrica,SPECIAL REPORT BUHERA, Zimbabwe Just under a year ago, Alice Posha fled her home in the middle of the night and then watched as it was swept away by floods. The torrential rain came from Cyclone Idai, one of the worst storms ever to hit Africa and the fiercest on record to strike Buhera, a district in the usually arid province of Manicaland in eastern Zimbabwe. Today, the scene in Buhera is entirely different. But the misery remains. 2,200 words by Ish Mafundikwa in Zimbabwe and Beatrice Debut in Zambia and South Africa. Pictures by Guillem Sartorio and Jekesai Njikizana. Video by Maryke Vermaak and Farai Mugano afp
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