31.   New seeds are being sent to areas where crops have failed.

32.   The food is part of a government scheme to avert famine in the rural areas where crops failed because of drought.

33.   The newspaper did not specify what the villagers had died of, but said crops had failed because of lack of rain.

34.   The United Nations said that drought had struck in several parts of the country and driven millions from their homes after food crops failed.

35.   Thousands of people in drought-affected East Timor and East Nusa Tenggara are also currently facing food shortage because their crops failed last year.

36.   When crops failed and there was nothing to eat, nearly all decided to flee.

37.   But in Funhalouro, district director of agriculture Severiano Khoye said most crops have failed, with just a handful of maize and cassava left.

38.   Drought this year has caused crops to fail, leaving the nation with severe food shortages.