Drought in Papua New Guinea Causes Severe Food Shortages

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is experiencing what experts and aid organisations have described as one of the most severe El Nino-induced droughts in the country's history. Image: A child drinks Coca-Cola from a bottle outside a makeshift home in a shanty town in the suburb of 9 mile, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea,(AAP)

Aid groups say the food and water shortages triggered by the droughts plaguing regions of the country have led to malnutrition and the spread of disease.