Overall Green alert Drought for Namibia-2023
in Namibia

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 7 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016682
Name: Namibia-2023
Countries: Namibia
Start Date: End of Aug 2023
Duration: 255 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Articles: 104 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Emergenza siccità in Zambia2024-05-02T02:36+0200.

Lo Zambia, paese dell’Africa centro-meridionale, sta attraversando da gennaio una grave situazione di siccità, la peggiore che il paese abbia mai sperimentato. La causa di tale emergenza va rintracciata nelle condizioni meteorologiche deter
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700 people to benefit from irrigation scheme2024-04-29T15:22+0200.

About 700 members of marginalised communities are set to benefit from water security provided by the Mayana irrigation scheme in the Kavango East region. This was announced by industrialisation and trade minister Lucia Iipumbu when she hand
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IS GOVT READY FOR LOOMING FOOD CRISIS?2024-04-29T08:51+0200.

The country is still shocked by the recent leaks. Government has tried to play down the leaks and gave assurance that the leaks revealed that oversight institutions in the country are working well. This, however, is not good enough as the l
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Southern African scientists call for urgent action as drought bites2024-04-25T10:33+0200.

Crop failures and livestock deaths reported as extreme El Niño summer extends into April. Researchers and agricultural policy experts in southern Africa have said that governments, donors and international actors must immediately take steps
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Analytical report

19/Apr/2024 09:40 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),