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Extreme weather: Africa's rainmakers face violence as climate change frustrates farmers

03:49 Min

Rain in Africa is more than just weather - it can actually mean the difference between
a successful harvest and hunger. That is why rainmakers play an important role; they perform ceremonies to bring rain. But climate change today is testing this traditional practice, leaving rainmakers increasingly blamed for drought and in extreme cases, killed by mobs. 

Rain in Africa is more than just weather - it can actually mean the difference between
a successful harvest and hunger. That is why rainmakers play an important role; they perform ceremonies to bring rain. But climate change today is testing this traditional practice, leaving rainmakers increasingly blamed for drought and in extreme cases, killed by mobs. 

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