Dry Spell Kills Botswana's ‘Edible Diamonds’, Hitting Rural

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A prolonged dry spell in Southern Africa has caused a decline in mopane worms, a key source of income and food for rural communities in Botswana.  Experts say over-harvesting of the protein-rich caterpillars has also affected breeding, as Mqondisi Dube reports from the town of Palapye.