environment magazine peter newport's from africa and europe i am sunda to nokia from uganda now one of all topics today is.

a very warm welcome to echo africa your environment magazine peter newport from africa and europe i am sondra to know if you're from uganda now one of our topics today is the ongoing drought in southern africa where we hear about these drought in southern africa on a daily basis let's take a look at some film for tips from an initiative in botswana the save wildlife conservation fund how started a campaign to address the plight of the hip hop or thomas's in the country more than a 100 hippos are fighting for survival they are crowded together in the few remaining waterholes on the hip prevents them from migrating and finding new ones food is cause so local people have been bringing heavy on water to the polluted water was to counter the damage from the drought crisis the number the aggressive on the most are so hungry that they will approach humans without a talking just to get something to eat. shocking isn't it prolonged drought in southern africa is also threatening 45000000 people with hunger due to loss of harvests big cities may no longer have enough drinking water reservoirs dry