Poor rains were forecast for eastern Ethiopia at the end of 2008.
Published Nov 5, 2008
By the end of May 2008, millions faced hunger in eastern Ethiopia as crops failed and food prices soared.
Published Jun 2, 2008
In 2005, much of eastern Africa suffered severe drought. Crops and natural vegetation, including grazing land for livestock, withered. Livestock deaths and human food shortages were widespread.
Published Apr 20, 2006
Severe drought choked East Africa, particularly Kenya, though much of 2009. This image shows the cumulative effect of the drought on vegetation just as the drought-breaking rains began to fall in October.
Published Oct 31, 2009
This vegetation map shows the devastating impact of drought on East Africa in January 2011.
Published Jan 21, 2011
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