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

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 7 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1017863
Name: Eastern Africa-2025
Glide number: DR-2025-000148-ETH
Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Start Date: End of Apr 2025
Duration: 214 days (at 20 Dec 2025)
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 488128 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Al-Sisi welcomes Trump offer to resume Nile mediation as Sudan backs U.. 1/17/2026 4:16:00 PM.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi welcomed a letter from US President Donald Trump on Saturday offering to relaunch American mediation in the long-running dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), reaffirming Cairo’s co
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Trump offers to mediate Egypt-Ethiopia dispute on Nile River waters 1/17/2026 8:11:00 AM.

Ammon News - U.S. President Donald Trump offered on Friday to mediate a dispute over Nile River waters between Egypt and Ethiopia. "I am ready to restart U.S. mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to responsibly resolve the question of ''The
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Trump offers to mediate Egypt-Ethiopia dispute on Nile River waters 1/17/2026 5:36:00 AM.

by The Frontier Post WASHINGTON (Reuters): US President Donald Trump offered on Friday to mediate a dispute over Nile River ?waters between Egypt and Ethiopia. “I am ready to restart US mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to responsibly re
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Trump offers to mediate Egypt-Ethiopia dispute on Nile River waters 1/17/2026 3:29:00 AM.

US President Donald Trump offered on Friday to mediate a dispute over Nile River waters between Egypt and Ethiopia. "I am ready to restart US mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to responsibly resolve the question of ''The Nile Water Shari
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),