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When the Rains Don’t Come: How Zimbabwe’s Drought Crisis is Pushing Thousands of Children Across the Limpopo

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El Niño, Drought, and Unaccompanied Child Migration from Zimbabwe to South Africa In early 2024, a 14-year-old boy from rural Masvingo arrived at the Beitbridge border post after walking for two days. His family’s maize crop had failed, and his mother had already sold their last goat. With no income left, he joined other teenagers […]

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