Record El Niño set to cause hunger for 10 million poorest, Oxfam warns

Charity says countries already facing a 'major emergency' include Ethiopia, where 4.5 million people need food aid because of scarcity of rain this year

At least 10 million of the world's poorest people are set to go hungry this year because of failing crops caused by one of the strongest El Nino climatic events on record, Oxfam has warned.

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