Overall Green alert Drought for Southern Africa-2025
in Lesotho, South Africa

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 18 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1017629
Name: Southern Africa-2025
Glide number: DR-2024-000095-AGO
Countries: Lesotho, South Africa
Start Date: End of Oct 2024
Duration: 103 days (at 10 Feb 2025)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 107544 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Features FAO, WFP report 2025: Acute food insecurity to worsen in some.. 4/16/2025 6:40:00 AM.

ALTHOUGH Tanzania is not mentioned in a new global report which projects worsening food insecurity in some countries across the world, it is good to take precautionary measures, lest people are taken by surprise and regret for being imprude
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Features FAO, WFP report 2025: Acute food insecurity to worsen in some.. 4/16/2025 6:18:00 AM.

ALTHOUGH Tanzania is not mentioned in a new global report which projects worsening food insecurity in some countries across the world, it is good to take precautionary measures, lest people are taken by surprise and regret for being imprude
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The EU announces €41 million in humanitarian aid for people in need in.. 4/8/2025 10:39:00 AM.

The European Commission will provide an initial humanitarian aid allocation of €41 million for the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean in 2025 – an area facing simultaneously natural hazards and conflict. Mozambique will receive €17 million. P
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Contre la faim et pour le climat, le roi du Lesotho Letsie III dans la.. 3/27/2025 6:41:00 PM.

Loin de se cantonner aux murs de son palais de Matsieng, près de la capitale (Maseru), le roi du Lesotho Letsie III est partout, repoussant les limites de sa fonction très honorifique. Le souverain de cette monarchie constitutionnelle entou
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),