Africa:   El Niño On Track to Be Among Worst Ever, but World Better Prepared for Fallout - UN

UN News, 16 November 2015

The current El Niño, a weather pattern of devastating droughts and catastrophic floods that can affect tens of millions of people around the globe, is expected to strengthen… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   El Nino - a Stitch in Time Saves Nine

The Herald, 16 November 2015

Scientists say one of the strongest El Nino events ever recorded is now underway. This is in line with earlier warnings of a 70 percent chance of El Nino this year by the Columbia… Read more »

Uganda:   What We Can Do With El Nino

Monitor, 16 November 2015

The amount of water I see flowing down the roads, flooding areas, running down drainages is painful to watch. The things we could do with all that water! Tonnes of it flow mixing… Read more »

Somalia:   UN Says 132,000 Affected By Floods As El Nino Sweeps Somalia

Focac, 16 November 2015

Flash floods in Somalia have destroyed thousands of makeshift homes, as well as latrines and shallow wells, affecting 1320,000 people since Oct. 19, the UN humanitarian agency… Read more »

Tanzania:   Musoma Readies Itself for El Nino

Citizen, 16 November 2015

Musoma municipal council has set aside more than Sh38 million to improve its drainage infrastructures as it gets ready for El nino rains. Read more »

East Africa:   Hunger to Worsen as El Nino Strikes the Region

Citizen, 13 November 2015

Conflicts, floods and failed rains caused by El Nino have sparked a dramatic rise in the number of people going hungry in east Africa, especially in drought-hit Ethiopia, the… Read more »

Kenya:   Kenyans Urged to Heed El Nino Alerts

The Star, 13 November 2015

Kenyans have been warned to take heed of warnings on the El Nino rains the country is currently experiencing. Read more »

Malawi:   Malawi Ready to Face El Nino - Govt

Nyasa Times, 12 November 2015

Government is assuring Malawians that it is more than prepared to deal with El Nino effects. Read more »

Africa:   FAO Warns That Recent Torrential Rains and Cyclones Could Favour Locust Surge

FAO, 11 November 2015

Strict vigilance required in northwest Africa, the Horn of Africa and Yemen Read more »

Africa:   El Nino Threatens Millions of Children - UN

Al Jazeera, 11 November 2015

Some 11 million children in eastern and southern Africa face hunger, disease, and water shortages as a result of the strongest El Nino weather phenomenon in decades, the United… Read more »

Malawi:   Unicef Tells Malawi to Prepare Against El Nino

Nyasa Times, 11 November 2015

UNICEF has tipped Malawi and other southern African countries to be prepared for the strongest El Nino since 40 years ago, saying it is likely to cause extreme flooding and severe… Read more »

Southern Africa:   El Niño Threatens Region With Yet Another Drought

The Conversation Africa, 11 November 2015

Southern Africa is in for a bumpy, dry ride. There is a 50% chance of a drought occurring this summer that could have an impact on the whole region which still bears the effect of… Read more »

Africa:   Droughts Expose Millions to Starvation

CAJ News, 11 November 2015

MORE than 3,9 million people, mainly children, are at risk of starvation following severe drought spells looming across East and Southern Africa, the United Nations Children's Fund… Read more »

Africa:   El Nino Threatens 11 Million Children in Africa With Hunger, Disease - UN

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 10 November 2015

Some 11 million children in eastern and southern Africa face hunger, disease and water shortages as a result of the strongest El Niño weather phenomenon in decades, the… Read more »

Africa:   El Niño: Meet the Man who Tries to Predict the Unpredictable

SciDev.Net, 5 November 2015

In 1985, El Niño research pioneers Mark Cane and Steve Zebiak came up with the first computer model that successfully predicted the periodic Pacific Ocean warming event the… Read more »

Africa:   Cholera, Climate Change and El Nino

UNIRIN, 7 October 2009

Cholera is not only linked to climate change, it also has an El Nino angle. For instance, Papua New Guinea, an island state in the Pacific Ocean, recorded its first cholera cases… Read more »

Africa:   Millions Hungry, Worse to Come From El Nino - Red Cross

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 5 October 2015

Tens of millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa are going hungry due to erratic weather and the situation is set to worsen as the El Nino weather pattern reaches its peak, the… Read more »

Africa:   Millions Face Hunger Due to Climate Change, 'Super El Nino' - Oxfam

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 1 October 2015

At least 10 million poor people face hunger this year and next because of droughts and erratic rains linked to record global temperatures and an expected "super" version of the… Read more »

Africa:   Africa, Global - Climate Action Beyond Paris

AfricaFocus, 30 September 2015

"Temperatures over subtropical southern Africa have risen at more than twice the global rate over the last five decades." - CSIR, South Africa. *** "To date, 436 institutions and… Read more »