Mozambique: Drought after drought

In central Mozambique it didn't rain for four years. The landscape in the drought-affected southern half of Mozambique is pocked with water holes; when one hole dries up, the villagers move on to another. People are malnourished, and due to unsafe water many people are suffering from cholera, says Sonia dos Anglos Faustino, a coordinator with the Mozambique Red Cross. Water holes are often shared with livestock, increasing the chances of contracting water-borne diseases. Piped water and even functioning water pumps are rare in the countryside, due to the civil war that ended in 1992.