Lilongwe (Ina) - The Malawi , located in southeastern Africa on Wednesday (April 13, 2016) the state ofnational disaster due to the severe shortage of food stocks by the escalation of the drought that hit thesouthern parts of the country, while Mozambique issued a "warning in red" because of the same phenomenon .
the head of the Republic of Malawi , Peter Mutharika, in a statement published by the BBC , "BBC", said that "some citizens in several areas they touch in need of assistance throughout the year."
he said Mutharika "is very clear that we have food shortages in the country, will affect a large number of our citizens. "
on the other hand, raised the State of Mozambique warning levels in areas in the south and center of thecountry to red, the highest warning status of emergency or national disaster warning levels.
the World food Programme has warned that more than 10 million people across southern Africa will need food aid over the next year.
Finally suffered Malawi from flash floods and drought, which led to hit the main maize crop , on which the country 's food supply.
the "El Nino" weather phenomenon , the main reason for the drought that hit those countries and regions African.
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