Overall Orange Drought for East Africa, Central Sahel-2026 in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Chad from 21 Jun 2026 00:00 UTC to 08 Oct 2026 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Drought for East Africa, Central Sahel-2026

in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Chad

Event summary

Mild to severe impacts to people and to one or more sectors of the economy.

Name:	East Africa, Central Sahel-2026
Countries:	Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Chad
Start Date:	End of Jun 2026
Duration:	82 days (at 20 Sep 2026)
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2649772 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

As of 2026-09-01, this event integrated the drought event Central Sahel-2026.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.25	10 Jun 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 488851 km2	GDO
2	0.75	20 Jun 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 488851 km2	GDO
3	1.25	30 Jun 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 488851 km2	GDO
4	1.25	10 Jul 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 488851 km2	GDO
5	1.25	20 Jul 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 598427 km2	GDO
6	1.25	30 Jul 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 570110 km2	GDO
7	1.25	31 Aug 2026 08:21	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 497241 km2	GDO
8	1.25	18 Sep 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 509495 km2	GDO
9	1.25	30 Aug 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 752713 km2	GDO
10	1.25	10 Sep 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2451121 km2	GDO
11	1.25	08 Oct 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2649772 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Central African Republic
Cameroon
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Niger
Nigeria
Sudan
Somalia
South Sudan
Chad

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Adamaoua	Cameroon
- Medium	Extrême - Nord	Cameroon
- Medium	Nord	Cameroon
- Medium	Bamingui-Bangoran	Central African Republic
- Medium	Basse-Kotto	Central African Republic
- Medium	Haut-Mbomou	Central African Republic
- Medium	Haute-Kotto	Central African Republic
- Medium	Kémo	Central African Republic
- Medium	Mbomou	Central African Republic
- Medium	Nana-Gribizi	Central African Republic
- Medium	Nana-Mambéré	Central African Republic
- Medium	Ombella M'Poko	Central African Republic
- Medium	Ouaka	Central African Republic
- Medium	Ouham	Central African Republic
- Medium	Ouham Pendé	Central African Republic
- Medium	Vakaga	Central African Republic
- High	Biltine	Chad
- High	Guera	Chad
- High	Lac	Chad
- Medium	Logone Occidental	Chad
- Medium	Salamat	Chad
- Medium	Equateur	Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Medium	Orientale	Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Medium	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia
- Medium	Amhara	Ethiopia
- Medium	Beneshangul Gumu	Ethiopia
- High	Gambela	Ethiopia
- High	SNNPR	Ethiopia
- High	Diffa	Niger
- High	Borno	Nigeria
- High	Yobe	Nigeria
- Medium	Gedo	Somalia
- Low	Togdheer	Somalia
- Medium	Woqooyi Galbeed	Somalia
- Medium	El Buheyrat	South Sudan
- High	Unity	South Sudan
- Medium	Central Equatoria	South Sudan
- High	Blue Nile	Sudan
- High	Eastern Equatoria	South Sudan
- High	Jonglei	South Sudan
- Medium	Northern Bahr El Ghazal	South Sudan
- High	Northern Darfur	Sudan
- High	Southern Darfur	Sudan
- High	Warab	South Sudan
- High	Western Bahr El Ghazal	South Sudan
- Medium	Western Equatoria	South Sudan
- High	Western Darfur	Sudan
- High	Southern Kordofan	Sudan
- High	Batha Est	Chad
- High	Batha Ouest	Chad
- Medium	Ennedi	Chad
- Medium	Baguirmi	Chad
- High	Daraba	Chad
- High	Hadjer Lamis	Chad
- High	Barl El Gazal	Chad
- High	Kanem	Chad
- Medium	Logone Oriental	Chad
- Medium	Mont De Lam	Chad
- Medium	Kabia	Chad
- Medium	Mayo-Boneye	Chad
- Medium	Mayo-Dala	Chad
- Medium	Barh Koh	Chad
- Medium	Lac Iro	Chad
- Medium	Mandoul	Chad
- High	Assongha	Chad
- High	Ouaddai	Chad
- Medium	Sila	Chad
- Medium	Tandjile Est	Chad
- Medium	Tandjile Ouest	Chad
- High	Upper Nile	South Sudan
- High	Oromia	Ethiopia
- High	Somali	Ethiopia
- Medium	North Eastern	Kenya
- High	Northern Kordofan	Sudan
- High	Djibouti	Djibouti
- Medium	Eritrea	Eritrea
- High	Afar	Ethiopia
- Medium	Awdal	Somalia

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