Research has indicated that the drought will have far-reaching impacts on people, driving them to become involved in risky behaviour such as theft and transactional sex in exchange for food or cash.
This, according to the research, can lead to an overall increase in social conflict within households.
These findings were published in a paper entitled ‘What Africa’s drought responses teach us about climate change hotspots’ by Gina Ziervogel from the University of Cape Town and Margaret Angula from the University of Namibia, based on research done in Namibia and Botswana.
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