Sep 14, 2012

WEST AFRICA: After the drought, floods - and harvest worries

WEST AFRICA: After the drought, floods - and harvest worries:
DAKAR, 14 September 2012 (IRIN) - An active monsoon and above normal temperatures triggered heavy downpours and flash floods during this year's rainy season across West Africa and the Sahel, killing hundreds of people, displacing hundreds of thousands more and devastating farms in some of the countries already hit by a severe drought and acute food shortages.

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