Overall Green alert Drought for Central-Western Africa-2024
in Burkina Faso, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 21 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016995
Name: Central-Western Africa-2024
Countries: Burkina Faso, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo
Start Date: End of Feb 2024
Duration: 629 days (at 20 Nov 2025)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 496263 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Analytical report

05/May/2025 13:30 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

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07/Oct/2024 13:59 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

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