Category Livestock

100,000 Affected by #Floods in #Kenya Says #UN

Floods have blocked roads in floods Tana River County, Kenya, October 2019. Photo: Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) Flooding across Kenya in the month of October has left at least 29 people dead and affected more than 101,000, according to…

120,000 Displaced After #Floods in 4 Regions in #Ethiopia

Featured image: File photo for illustration. Floods in Ethiopia, 2006. Photo: Bob McCaffrey / Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 The UN reports that over 120,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Ethiopia this month. In a report of 20…

#Drought and commercial #cattle #farming exposes tens of thousands to devastating #hunger in #Angola

The end of cattle’s paradise: How diversion of land for ranches eroded food security in the Gambos calls on the Angolan government to immediately provide emergency food assistance to the communities facing hunger, declare a moratorium on land grants, and…

The worst #drought in 90 years hits the #Khomas region in #Namibia

THE Khomas region is experiencing its worst drought in 90 years, according to official rainfall figures released by the Namibia Meteorological Service this week. The region received less than a third of its normal quantity of rainfall over the past…