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Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema recently declared a national emergency because of the drought that has devastated the country’s food production and electricity generation. This declaration comes soon after Zambia struggled to recover from a deadly cholera outbreak. The drought has affected over 1 million hectares of the 2.2 million hectares of land used to cultivate maize, the country’s staple crop. VOA’s Paul Ndiho spoke with Paul Chisunku, the Country Director of the African Education Program based in Lusaka, Zambia, to gain more insight into the situation.