The rope is already tight around the lid. I pull the knot again anyway.
On September 1, 2026, Mathews Mulenga, chief executive of Restoration for Community Justice, warned that El Niño could bring Zambia a drier-than-normal season, and that the year’s record maize harvest of five million metric tons should not create complacency. “This is a national emergency in the making,” he said, urging farmers not to sell off their entire harvest but to keep some in reserve.
The granary is full. My hands find the knot a fourth time.
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