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      Thursday 20 June  
      Showing items for drought on RNW
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      A Basotho headman stands with his cows in Tsereoane, Lesotho, in May 2012. More than 725,000 people face a food crisis in the tiny southern African nation after successive disastrous harvests cut production by 70 percent, the World Food Programme says.
      Bulletin: One-third of Lesotho faces food crisis: UN agency

      Bulletin: One-third of Lesotho faces food crisis: UN agency

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      Irrigation in Senegal
      Article: Drought fears boost of small-scale irrigation

      Article: Drought fears boost of small-scale irrigation

      Farmers in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly taking up small-scale...
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      People work to arrange the distribution of provisions on behalf of the International Red Cross as they prepare for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Gao on July 17. Normally a joyous time of fasting and prayer, the looming Muslim month of Ramadan has raised fears of stricter rule by the jihadists occupying the north Malian town of Gao.
      Bulletin: Conflict, hunger, cholera and locusts: Mali's woes mount

      Bulletin: Conflict, hunger, cholera and locusts: Mali's woes mount

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      Valerie Amos (4th L), the United Nations aid chief, talks with Red Cross and other humanitarian workers during her visit of the Mentao refugee camp, 200 kms outside of Ouagadougou, on May 22. Amos said Thursday that a humanitarian crisis arising from food shortages in the drought-stricken Sahel would remain critical in the next few months.
      Bulletin: Sahel food crisis to remain critical in coming months: UN

      Bulletin: Sahel food crisis to remain critical in coming months: UN

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      A resident walks in the Senegalese village of Mbelogne, which is affected by drought. The West African country is struggling to provide food to its people and entire villages are going hungry, as scanty rains wreak havoc across the Sahel region.
      Bulletin: Senegal cattle dying, fields scorched amid drought

      Bulletin: Senegal cattle dying, fields scorched amid drought

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      UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, pictured on May 2. The crisis in Mali could become a threat to global security if the international community does not help the coup- and rebellion-hit country, the head of the UN refugee agency said Monday.
      Bulletin: Mali crisis could threaten global security: UN refugee chief

      Bulletin: Mali crisis could threaten global security: UN refugee chief

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      This file photo shows a public market in Catumbela town in Benguela, Angola, in 2010. A drought is threatening Angola's already modest food production, in a setback for efforts to revive once-vibrant farmlands abandoned during decades of war.
      Bulletin: Drought hits Angola's already struggling farms

      Bulletin: Drought hits Angola's already struggling farms

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      An Oxfam picture shows a woman refilling her bucket from a well which Oxfam has repaired in Natriguel, in the drought stricken South of Mauritania. Aid agencies said Monday they are facing a multi-million dollar funding shortage to deal with a food crisis in the Sahel where people are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to survive.
      Bulletin: Millions face hunger in Sahel amid aid shortage

      Bulletin: Millions face hunger in Sahel amid aid shortage

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      Women work in a field in March 2012 near Diapaga, 300 kms northeast of Ouagadougou, where the cereal harvest is 34 percent lower than usual due to lack of rain. Children's aid organisation UNICEF on Tuesday led a cross-agency appeal for funds for the Sahel region where 15 million are suffering from malnutrition, it said.
      Bulletin: UN calls for funds for drought-hit Sahel

      Bulletin: UN calls for funds for drought-hit Sahel

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      Parents feed their malnourished children with enriched milk on March 21, at a hospital run by French NGO Action Against Hunger in Diapaga, Burkina Faso. The United States will give $120 million in emergency aid for western Africa's drought-hit Sahel region in hope of preventing severe hunger, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.
      Bulletin: US offers $120 million for Sahel hunger

      Bulletin: US offers $120 million for Sahel hunger

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