Horn of Africa

Horn of Africa droughts: how a network of groundwater bores could help – study

By Bradley Hiller, University of Cambridge The Horn of Africa recently suffered its worst drought in almost half a century, and its sixth failed rainfall season in a row. Fifty million people were directly affected and 100 million more were indirectly affected. About 20 million people risked acute food insecurity and potential famine, 4.4 million required humanitarian aid, and refugees fleeing drought and floods […]

May 27, 2024 25

Oshiwambo

Sudan okwa taalela oshikele oshinene omolwa iikolokosha mbyoka yili metifa

Omunambelewa gopombanda miigwana ya hangana okwati onkalo mo Sudan otayi kala niilanduli iinene pondje yo Horn of Africa ,ongele oshindji sha ningwa okuyamukula kiita yopashigwana yomumvo gumwe pokati kaakwiita yepangelo netanga lyo Rapid Support Forces. Ta popi no BBC Newsday, Toby Harward,o UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan ,okwa hokolola onkalo meni nopondje yoshiilando El Fasher mo North Kivu kutya oya nayipala. Tati uunene woshikele mo Sudan,oshikele shomatulululo ogendji,oshikele shoompumbwe […]

May 3, 2024 17

Africa

More than 600,000 displaced by floods in Somalia

The number of displaced people by the rains in Somalia has gone up by 100,000 in just one week, bringing the number to close to 650,000 people. The heavy rains that started in October have killed over 100 people in the Horn of Africa. BBC Africa reports that entire towns have also been cut off in parts of Kenya and Ethiopia. The areas affected had barely recovered from the worst […]

November 21, 2023 6