Overall Green Drought for Angola, Gabon, Congo-2025
in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 5 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1018344
Name: Angola, Gabon, Congo-2025
Glide number: DR-2025-000234-AGO
Countries: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon
Start Date: Middle of Dec 2025
Duration: 151 days (at 20 May 2026)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 113651 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Agricultural production threatened by combination of El Niño and high .. 6/8/2026 6:56:00 AM.

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Botswana cambia las normas: contiene un peculiar río de 1.600 kilómetr.. 6/6/2026 2:30:00 PM.

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Hungry elephants displaced by the climate crisis with farmers for food.. 6/6/2026 4:43:00 AM.

Veronica Akabondo had worked from dawn to dusk for months on her farm in southern Zambia and was confident she would have a plentiful maize harvest. But one morning she woke up and found it all gone. The culprit? A herd of hungry elephants.
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News Midlands fundraiser for Self Help Africa is launched in Tullamore.. 5/22/2026 2:50:00 PM.

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