Overall Green alert Drought for Nigeria-2024
in Nigeria

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 3 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016995
Name: Nigeria-2024
Countries: Nigeria
Start Date: End of Feb 2024
Duration: 126 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 61132 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Articles: 77 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

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Resolving the herdsmen issue in Nigeria2024-06-22T23:20+0200.

The issue of Fulani herdsmen grazing has been a long-standing and contentious one in many parts of Africa, especially in countries like Nigeria , Ghana, and Kenya. Fulani herdsmen, also known as Fulbe or Peul, are a pastoralist ethnic group
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Cholera: WHO Announces Over 1,900 Deaths, 195,000 Cases Globally2024-06-21T16:08+0200.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed a cumulative death of 194, 897 deaths and 1,932 cases globally as a result of a cholera outbreak. A statement by the health organisation’s Eastern Mediterranean Region said the outbreaks we
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Power infra needs climate resilience2024-06-21T02:38+0200.

Recently, I experienced the ineffectiveness of air conditioning and refrigerators in Kolkata. At 40°C with relative humidity of 50-55%, I felt very uneasy. Google said “feels like temperature is 48°C”. The cooling devices were unable to pum
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),