The recent heavy and widespread rains in northwest Africa, Horn of Africa and Yemen could favour desert locust breeding, FAO warns. Potential effects are a major threat to food security.
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The recent heavy and widespread rains in northwest Africa, Horn of Africa and Yemen could favour desert locust breeding, FAO warns. Potential effects are a major threat to food security.
Heavy rains and flooding have caused widespread damage to five camps providing shelter to some 90,000 of the most vulnerable Sahrawi refugees in south-west Algeria’s arid Tindouf region.
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Even as the flood season draws to a close, poor distribution of rainfall in most countries may result in below average rainfall-related crop performance this season.
Flooding in Namibia's Caprivi region has already affected 20,000 people, as water levels in the Zambezi river basin have reached record highs.
Heavy rains and rising river levels in the Zambezi River catchment caused flooding in the Caprivi region, inundating community houses, infrastructure and crop fields.