Fleeing drought, climate migrants press Zimbabwe's fertile east

27 August 2015 - 14:09
By Andrew Mambondiyani

In the eastern highlands of Manicaland province, crudely built wood, mud, and thatch hovels cling perilously to the mountainsides. The illegal homes, the government says, belong to migrants who have fled drought-prone areas of the province in search of fertile soil and good rains. And they are growing in number every year.

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