My throat feels scratchy.

Mindful that Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to natural disasters and that some parts of its territory continue to be affected by serious drought,

More than 20 million people in Africa are threatened by a severe drought, further exacerbating the suffering of the victims of civil strife in many parts of the continent.

For the last 1000 years, western and highland regions have been growing significantly drier, but in the past few decades, severe drought has become much more frequent.