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...Saharan Africa is burdened with half the world's 10 million refugees, partly as a result of the drought that has held the Sahel region in its arid grip for more than a decade. As nomadic herdsmen wander thousands of miles in search of food and water, some 14 million acres of potentially productive grasslands are destroyed each year by their livestock. At least 20% of the continent is desert; experts believe that the process of "desertification" could encompass 45% of Africa in 50 years if current patterns of land use are allowed to continue. Famine and pestilence plague...
...acute power shortage is the result of a two-year drought that has all but stilled the hydroelectric system, which supplies 92% of the country's energy. Unfortunately, it occurred as the economy was already struggling with the effects of a slowdown that began in 1977, when earnings from key exports, especially cocoa and coffee, dropped 40%. Without electricity, industrial capacity has plunged an estimated 35%. Construction is off 50%. Total business losses are officially placed at $80 million so far this winter, out of an annual G.N.P. of $10 billion. Lacina Coulibaly, president...
...that the destruction be gan two decades earlier. One clue: cross sections of tree trunks show that their growth rings, widely separated for more than a century, began narrowing in the 1950s and '60s, a sign of impaired growth. Researchers initially blamed severe climatic conditions, like the near drought of 1976. Today suspicion focuses on environmental pollution, particularly the acid rain caused by auto and industrial emissions...
...didn't really play well," Mabrey said. "But we did what we needed to get the win." THE NOTEBOOK: Runyon's goal ended a game-and-a-half scoreless drought for the Crimson...The stickwomen meet Springfield at 3 p.m. Tuesday...Lamont finished with 10 saves...Harvard outshot Princeton...
Murray ended an 0-for-29 postseason drought, dating back to the 1979 World Series, with a three-run home run in the first inning and was involved in the second of two bench-clearing disputes in Baltimore's two-run fifth...