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Joint EC, FAO, FEWS NET and WFP Statement on El Niño Impact in Southern Africa

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  • Southern Africa
  • February 12, 2016
Joint EC, FAO, FEWS NET and WFP Statement on El Niño Impact in Southern Africa

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  • Preface
  • Partners
    WFP
    FAO
    European Commission
    FEWS NET

    Preface

    Southern Africa is currently in the grip of an intense drought that has expanded and strengthened since the earliest stages of the 2015-2016 agricultural season, driven by one of the strongest El Niño events of the last 50 years. Across large swathes of Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, and Madagascar, the current rainfall season has so far been the driest in the last 35 years. Agricultural areas in northern Namibia and southern Angola have also experienced high levels of water deficit.

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