Large regions in northern, southern, and central-western Africa, as well as northern Madagascar, are experiencing severe drought conditions due to two or more years of lower-than-average rainfall and higher than usual temperatures. These are the findings of a new report from the Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, run by the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC).
Exploited is accurate. But I’d personally wouldn’t call Western countries “developing” to avoid ambiguity. Exploiting/exploited packs more punch and is unambiguous.