Angola

Aid agencies have warned that devastating floods that have hit 220 000 people in Angola could cause food shortages in a country where farming remains poor after decades of war.

Catholic Relief Services’ Juan Sheenan, point out that, "Food security is always an issue in Cunene. It is very dry and arid most the year but then when the rains come, they come with such force they wash away a lot of crops which makes things worse."

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported excessive rainfall is causing havoc for the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people in seven Southern African countries. 

The hardest countries are Namibia and Angola, which are experiencing the worst floods since 1963. Twenty-one people have already lost their lives and an estimated 200 000 people have been affected in Angola.