Southern Africa in Hunger Crisis Due to El Niño: UN | TIME
2 days ago · October 16, 2024 8:16 AM EDT. (CAPE TOWN, South Africa) — Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million ...
Southern Africa is enduring its worst hunger crisis in decades due …
4 days ago · CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's ...
World Food Programme: Historic Drought Is Devastating Southern Africa
2 days ago · Headline Oct 16, 2024. The World Food Programme is warning millions of people in southern Africa are facing the region’s worst food crisis in decades due to a devastating drought. Five countries ...
World News in Brief: ‘Historic drought’ in southern Africa, human ...
3 days ago · Nearly six and a half million people in southern Africa are starving because of an “historic drought” linked to last year’s El Niño, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. In an appeal for help, the World Food Programme, WFP, said that more than 27 million people’s lives from Lesotho to Zimbabwe ...
2018–2021 Southern African drought - Wikipedia
The 2018–2021 Southern Africa drought was a period of drought that took place in Southern Africa. The drought began in late October 2018, and negatively affected food security in the region. In mid-August 2019, the drought was classified as a level 2 Red-Class event by the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System. [1]
Drought is devastating southern Africa’s crops: why it’s …
Aug 21, 2024 · Southern Africa’s worst drought in years has destroyed crops of the staple food, maize, across the region. Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia have all...
Urgent call to action to address historic El Niño drought in …
Pretoria, 5 June 2024 - More than 30 million people across Southern Africa have been affected by a severe drought. Millions could be pushed into acute hunger unless support is urgently mobilized to scale before the next lean season, warn the United Nations (UN) and partners.
Cape Town's Day Zero: 'We are axing trees to save water' - BBC
Cutting down trees to save a city from drought might seem like an unlikely plan, but that is exactly what the South African city of Cape Town is doing, soon after it became the first global...
Extreme drought in southern Africa leaves millions hungry
Mar 31, 2024 · A new drought has left millions facing hunger in southern Africa as they experience the effects of extreme weather that scientists say is becoming more frequent and more damaging.
Southern Africa drought brings famine to tens of millions - CSMonitor.com
1 day ago · Oct. 17, 2024, 11:21 a.m. ET | Cape Town, South Africa. Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million ...