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October 7, 2020

East Africa Flooding Forces 1.5 Million from Homes Amid Historic Rainfall
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The United Nations says seasonal flooding in East Africa has impacted 6
million people this year - with a million and a half people forced from
their homes. Nearly every state in Sudan has been affected, and much of
South Sudan, too, with parts of the region recording the heaviest
rainfall in a century.


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