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The Eastern Cape region of South Africa experienced a severe multi-year drought from 2015 through early 2020. [1] [2] The drought was one of the worst in the region's history and led the South African government to declare the region a "disaster area" in October 2019.
Aoyate drought in the late 18th or early 19th century; 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia; 2008–2009 Kenya drought; 2011 East Africa drought; Sahel drought. 2010 Sahel famine; 2012 Sahel drought; Eastern Cape drought; 2017 Somali drought; 2018–2021 Southern African drought; 2020–2023 Horn of Africa drought; 2021 Somali drought; Food security ...
2011 East Africa drought; Eastern Cape drought; 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia; Ethiopiaid; F. Food security in Malawi; H. Horn of Africa drought (2020–2023) K ...
Over the last three years, Cape Town has been suffering an extraordinary, once-in-300-years drought—helped along, most analysts surmise, by climate change. The shift in the city’s physical appearance is astonishing. The Cape is cordoned off from the rest of the country by a 5,000-foot-high wall of mountains.
East Africa, Kenya and Uganda: 1900–1903: Famine in Cape Verde: Cape Verde: 11,000 – 20,000 [89] 1901 Northern Chinese Famine in Spring 1901, caused by drought from 1898-1901. The famine was one of the causes of the anti-imperialist Boxer rebellion. [109] China (Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces) and Inner Mongolia: 200,000 in Shaanxi province ...
The 2018–2021 Southern Africa drought was a period of drought that took place in Southern Africa. The drought began in late October 2018, and negatively affected food security in the region. In mid-August 2019, the drought was classified as a level 2 Red-Class event by the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System. [1]
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This is a list of cities and towns in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. In the case of settlements that have had their official names changed the traditional name is listed first followed by the new name.