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Severe Drought Causes Famine in East Africa
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Severe Drought Causes Famine in East Africa

This map of the most recent growing season in East Africa reveals the poor conditions that led to famine in parts of Somalia and a food emergency in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti.

Published Jul 23, 2011

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Food Shortages in the Greater Horn of Africa
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Food Shortages in the Greater Horn of Africa

War, food distribution problems, and drought have come together to push millions of people to the brink of starvation.

Published Feb 28, 2017

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Locusts in Kenya
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Locusts in Kenya

Published Dec 5, 2007

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Food Crisis Grows from Dry Soils
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Food Crisis Grows from Dry Soils

Drought is apparent across much of East Africa after seasonal rains failed to deliver much moisture to the region.

Published May 30, 2019

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Dramatic Flooding in Eastern Africa
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Dramatic Flooding in Eastern Africa

Heavy rains have flooded the Shebelle River and affected hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia and Kenya.

Published May 11, 2018

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Floods in East Africa
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Floods in East Africa

Published Dec 12, 2006

Floods

Drought in Eastern Africa
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Drought in Eastern Africa

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

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Drought Threatens Africa
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Drought Threatens Africa

Published Oct 30, 2002

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Drought in Africa
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Drought in Africa

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

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Drought in Ethiopia
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Drought in Ethiopia

By the end of May 2008, millions faced hunger in eastern Ethiopia as crops failed and food prices soared.

Published Jun 2, 2008

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