# Uganda drought: Hunger crisis looms amid worst drought in decades

https://mins.news/en/video/16029

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-07 09:36 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9aOIE8T1E0

> Uganda is moving toward a worsening hunger crisis as a drought described as the country’s worst in decades destroys crops. Farmers report that months of little or no rain have badly damaged harvests since planting began. The unfolding conditions are putting food supplies under growing strain and threatening farming communities. Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports on the situation.

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