Overall Orange Drought for East Africa-2025
in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 10 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1017863
Name: East Africa-2025
Glide number: DR-2025-000148-ETH
Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Start Date: End of Apr 2025
Duration: 286 days (at 10 Feb 2026)
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 766947 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Forest fire in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia - EC/ECHO daily mapThu, 29 Jan 2026 17:45

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