Drought

Drought and Famine in Ethiopia

The Save the Children charity says it has raised less than a third of what it needs to help Ethiopia cope with a drought which has left 10.2 million people critically short of food.

Experts say the drought is worse than the one seen in 1984, when years of conflict followed by a lack of rain led to a famine that killed up to one million people.

Almost 5.8 million of those facing critical food shortages were children, with 400,000 severely malnourished or close to it, making them highly susceptible to pneumonia or malaria.

Disease

Typhoid outbreak in Harare and Chitungwiza in Zimbabwe after people once again start eating their own faeces.

 

Famine

A United Nations report finds more than 1.6 million people in Zimbabwe are living in famine conditions. Until 2000, when President Mugabe deliberately destroyed the country's means of food production so that he and his friends could seize white-owned farms for themselves, Zimbabwe was a breadbasket in Africa where famine was unknown.

 

Drought

Somalia suffers more drought. Famine in the horn of Africa remains a huge problem for aid agencies.

 

Drought

Bihar, India suffers serious drought due to a late monsoon. Drinking water is hard to find in most villages, while the planting season for the area's staple crop of wheat has passed. Famine is feared if the government does not intervene to provide assistance.

 

Drought

Drought in Karnataka, India takes a heavy toll on elephants.

North Korea suffers severe drought. Famine is many areas seems inevitable.

Drought in Colorado, USA together with exceptionally warm conditions bring bears out of hibernation early. Little available food is expected to drive the bears into towns.

Drought

Famine and drought in Niger affect more than 300 000 children who are receiving treatment for severe malnutrition.

Drought

Drought in Angola threatens already meagre food production. The country's agriculture has never properly recovered from the civil war and the present drought conditions are expected to bring hunger and starvation in many areas.