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Severe drought in Africa persists and is expected to worsen (phys.org)

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Large regions in northern, southern, and central-western Africa, as well as northern Madagascar, are experiencing severe drought conditions due to two or more years of lower-than-average rainfall and higher than usual temperatures. These are the findings of a new report from the Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, run by the European Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC).

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Exploited is accurate. But I'd personally wouldn't call Western countries "developing" to avoid ambiguity. Exploiting/exploited packs more punch and is unambiguous.