I am afraid the story is grimly familiar: there are military conflicts, there is environmental degradation, there is drought, and sometimes there have been – and this was especially true in the past – extremely ill-judged policies.
Je crains que l'histoire ne se répète de manière sinistre : conflits militaires, dégradation écologique, sécheresse et, parfois, - c'était particulièrement vrai par le passé - politiques extrêmement mal estimées.