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

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 11 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: 324 days (at 20 Mar 2026)
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 255174 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

‘Sharing is off the table’ as drought reshapes the lives of Ethiopia’s.. 4/1/2026 8:23:00 AM.

JIJIGA, Ethiopia — The land here used to speak. At dawn in Kebribeyah district, Somali Regional State, eastern Ethiopia, the plains stretch wide beneath a pale sky, with dusty shades of brown and yellow broken by thorny acacia trees and the
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IRC warns Iran war is disrupting fuel and aid supply chains, threateni.. 3/31/2026 2:52:00 PM.

Nigeria has seen fuel prices surge by nearly 50%, putting life-saving health services at risk as clinics struggle to power critical equipment and mobile health teams scale back operations; Uganda: rising fuel and transport costs are constra
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26 March 2026 Ethiopia launches national plan to revive sorghum produc.. 3/26/2026 7:57:00 AM.

Ethiopia has announced a national programme aimed at increasing sorghum production as output continues to decline while demand rises across both food and feed markets. The initiative was introduced by the Ministry of Agriculture during a va
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Il peso dell’acqua: la guerra silenziosa che scuote il Corno d’Africa 3/22/2026 7:00:00 AM.

«Sentire il peso dell’acqua è stata un’esperienza indimenticabile: da quel momento guardo le piccole sfide quotidiane con occhi diversi e vedo possibilità dove prima non riuscivo», racconta Kaze – attrice e cantante afroitaliana – ricordand
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),