Overall Orange alert Drought for East Africa-2022
in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 9 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1014742
Name: East Africa-2022
Glide number: DR-2022-000322-COD
Countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
Start Date: End of Mar 2022
Duration: 445 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 272683 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2023. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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The Star » Armyworms to cause more damage, farmers warned2023-06-07T05:12+0200.

Farmers have been warned the fall armyworm is likely to destroy more of their maize because there will be little or no rain in most places this month. The dry weather creates favorable conditions for survival, especially for eggs and small
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Armyworms to cause more damage, farmers warned2023-06-07T04:28+0200.

Farmers have been warned the fall armyworm is likely to destroy more of their maize because there will be little or no rain in most places this month. The dry weather creates favorable conditions for survival, especially for eggs and small
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CAOS SOMALIA/ "3,8 milioni di sfollati quasi prigionieri di uno Stato ... 2023-05-30T06:17+0200.

I dati dell’Unhcr, l’organismo dell’Onu che si occupa dei rifugiati, dicono che dall’inizio di gennaio fino al 10 maggio più di un milione di persone in Somalia si sono dovute spostare dai luoghi di residenza in altre zone del loro Paese. L
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UN conference pledges $2.4 billion to head off famine in Horn of Afric ... 2023-05-28T23:13+0200.

DOLOW: This aerial view shows makeshift structures of people displaced by drought at the Ladan internally displaced people (IDP) camp in Dolow. More than a million Somalis have been displaced within their own country due to a ‘toxic’ mix of
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Exposed population

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Analytical report

01/Sep/2022 16:18 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

23/Mar/2022 07:36 UTC

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Analytical report

23/Mar/2022 07:36 UTC

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Analytical report

21/Mar/2022 10:03 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (37), WMO (1), INFORM (2),