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Drought

Horn of Africa drought drives 20 million towards hunger

By AFP

A donor conference last week raised almost $1.4 billion for the region, which the UN says is facing its worst drought in 40 years.

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    Donors pledge $1.39 bn for Horn of Africa humanitarian aid

    The money raised will go towards humanitarian and development projects in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, as the region experiences its 'worst drought in 40 years,' a statement by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.

    25 days ago
  • The town of Zoar just outside of Ladismith in the Karoo. Picture: EWN

    Power cuts and drought: No end in sight for Kannaland Muncipality’s water woes

    The Kannaland Municipality has acknowledged ongoing water challenges in Zoar.

    54 days ago
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    North African climate change threatens farming, political stability

    The North African nations of Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia are among the 30 most water-stressed countries in the world, according to the World Resources Institute.

    188 days ago
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    Climate change could force 216 million from their homes: World Bank

    The estimate from the Washington-based development lender released Monday updates a 2018 report with new figures from Eastern Europe and Central Asia, North Africa and East Asia and the Pacific to provide a more complete overview of the potential toll from rising global temperatures.

    250 days ago
  • FILES) In this file photo taken on July 21, 2021 a paddle boarder rides with a dog during low water levels due to the western drought at the Lake Mead Marina on the Colorado River in Boulder City, Nevada. A huge reservoir that supplies water to tens of millions of people in the Western US is at such low levels that populations it feeds must reduce their useage next year, the government said August 16.
A chronic drought has left huge swathes of the country parched

    Colorado basin drought sparks water limits at huge US reservoir

    A chronic drought has left huge swathes of the country parched, as man-made climate change forces shifts in the pattern of rainfall. That has left Lake Mead, the largest US artificial reservoir which is fed by the mighty Colorado River, worryingly low at just a third of its capacity.

    277 days ago
  • FILE: The Nqweba Dam in Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN

    Be prepared: Climate experts call on drought-hit EC to be ready for rain

    Parts of the province have been crippled by a prolonged drought which has the region's biggest metro, Nelson Mandela Bay, facing an unprecedented water crisis.

    317 days ago
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    Hunger, drought, disease: UN climate report reveals dire health threats

    After a pandemic year that saw the world turned on its head, a forthcoming report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), seen exclusively by AFP, offers a distressing vision of the decades to come: malnutrition, water insecurity, pestilence.

    333 days ago
  • FILE: An aerial view of a dam from phase 1 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Picture: http://www.lhda.org.ls/

    Why full dams don’t mean water security

    If people see full dams, can they be persuaded to reduce their water use?

    362 days ago
  •  Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Mayor Nqaba Bhanga at a briefing on 4 March 2021. Picture: @NMandelaBaymuni/Twitter.

    NMB mayor Bhanga to write to Ramaphosa over drought disaster declaration

    Nelson Mandela Bay Nqaba Banga said that he would be writing to the highest levels of national government to query a decision to turn down a request for drought disaster declaration.

    363 days ago
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    Nelson Mandela Bay records dam levels below 13%

    Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said the metro had not yet reached day zero - the day the taps run dry.

    386 days ago
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    EC residents urged to use water sparingly as dam levels at all-time low

    The average dam level in the metro is just over 14%.

    394 days ago
  • FILE: A drought-hit farm. Picture: Supplied.

    Ongoing Karoo drought leaves farm workers hopeless

    The stressful situation has led to two farmers taking their own lives in 2017 and 2018.

    418 days ago
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    WC farmers predict bumper apple and pear harvests for 2021

    A bumper harvest is expected due to last year's good rainfall.

    433 days ago
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    NMB Metro says water projects on track

    The metro has seen one of the worst droughts since 2015 and last year the taps were close to running dry.

    493 days ago
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    NMB residents urged to use water sparingly

    In September 2020, the municipality reported that it had experienced day zero, when taps were running dry and dam levels dipped below 19%.

    494 days ago
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    Global population hit by extreme drought set to double

    Globally, one in 12 people could face severe water shortages every year by 2100, compared to an average of about one in 33 at the end of the 20th century.

    494 days ago
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    With hot summer looming, DWS urges South Africans to use water sparingly

    The call comes amid rising temperature's leading to higher water usage across the country.

    572 days ago
  • Water runs from a tap. Picture: EWN.

    Beaufort West still in grips of worst drought ever

    Beaufort West mayor Noel Constable said the municipality is urging residents to use water sparingly as they are doing everything to keep the taps from running dry.

    595 days ago
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