The Southern Africa Water Wire (IPS)

 

IPS Inter Press Service: The Southern Africa Wire Feed Summary

The Africa Water Wire provides in-depth coverage of a diverse range of water-related issues in Southern Africa — from the importance of water to the environment, food security and sanitation, to the politics of water. The articles supplied here are the product of local journalists in touch with policy makers and people on the front lines of water crises, to analyse the problems confronting management of this precious commodity — and the ways around these obstacles

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Africa: Droughts

Dec 302009
 

The in Africa from 1900 to 2009

Africa has been struggling with droughts for many years. Some countries there are facing enormous challenges. In a piece entitled, Kenyans eating wild animals as drought worsens, The Nairobi Chronicle, for example, reports that wild animals “face extinction by ending up on dinner tables as the worst drought in a generation takes its toll on a people impoverished by years of poor governance, corruption and political sterility.” Since 1950, Ethiopia, another drought-plagued country, has suffered more years with drought than without. How bad is the drought situation in Africa and will it get worse? This post will take a look at the drought-stricken African countries and regions  going back to 1900 and attempt to determine whether this data suggests any trends.

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