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About 68 million people in Southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought which has wiped out crops across the region, the regional bloc SADC said on Saturday. Heads of ...
In southern Africa, it means below-average rainfall, sometimes drought, and is being blamed for the current situation. The impact is more severe for those in Mangwe, where it's notoriously arid.
Due to the drought, Zambia, highly dependent on hydroelectric power, faces significant challenges. ZESCO Managing Director Victor Mapani announced the implementation of an 8-hour daily load shedding, that became effective on March 11, 2024. [11] This decision comes after a thorough assessment of water levels in the Kafue and Zambezi basins. [12]
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday that millions of people in East Africa face the threat of starvation. Speaking at a media briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros ...
Aoyate drought in the late 18th or early 19th century; 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia; 2008–2009 Kenya drought; 2011 East Africa drought; Sahel drought. 2010 Sahel famine; 2012 Sahel drought; Eastern Cape drought; 2017 Somali drought; 2018–2021 Southern African drought; 2020–2023 Horn of Africa drought; 2021 Somali drought; Food security ...
The 2020–2023 Horn of Africa drought is a drought that hit the countries of Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya.The rainy season of 2022 was recorded to be the driest in over 40 years, [3] [4] with an estimated 43,000 in Somalia dying in 2022.
Southern Africa is reeling from its worst drought in years, owing to a combination of naturally occurring El Nino - when an abnormal warming of the waters in the eastern Pacific radiates heat into ...
A drought in East Africa began in 2021 and further intensified in 2022, precipitated in part by the oncoming La Niña in 2022. [38] [140] Three rainy seasons failed in the Horn of Africa, destroying crops and killing large herds of livestock. [38] In Somalia, five rainy seasons have failed, Kenya and Sudan were also strongly affected. [14]