Population News: El Niño

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El Niño Is Fueling One of the Scariest Droughts In Recent History

By Joe Bish, Issue Advocacy Director for the Population Media Center

“Perhaps the best way to introduce today’s content is to quote from journalist Maddie Stone, writing for Gizmodo: “Imagine if crop yields across the United States dropped more than 50 percent in a single year. It’s difficult to fathom just how catastrophic this would be-but that’s exactly what’s happening in Ethiopia right now, thanks to a deadly, El Niño-fueled drought.” “As you will see as you scan the headlines, . . .”

• Uganda’s Karamoja Faces Drought Emergency See: http://allafrica.com/stories/201601200825.html 
• World Vision, WFP feed starving Malawians See: http://www.nyasatimes.com/2016/02/05/world-vision-wfp-feed-starving-malawians/
• Namibia Needs 120 000 Tonnes of Maize Imports See: http://allafrica.com/stories/201602020926.html
• Zimbabwe cops brunt of El Niño and declares state of disaster See: http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/zimbabwe-cops-brunt-of-el-nio-and-declares-state-of-disaster/news-story/176847ae866a063d4558d0d31db28aaa
• 5,000 North Korean children starving amid drought See: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/01/26/25000-North-Korean-children-starving-amid-drought/4881453818603/
• El Niño-linked drought kills crops and people in PNG  See: http://www.irinnews.org/report/102394/el-ni%C3%B1o-linked-drought-kills-crops-and-people-in-png
• 139 children die in one month in drought-hit Pakistan district  See: http://www.irinnews.org/report/102409/139-children-die-in-one-month-in-drought-hit-pakistan-district
• Somalia drought leaves 50,000 children ‘facing death’  See: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35522643
• Strong El Niño Causes Ethiopia’s Worst Drought Crisis in Decades; Millions in Need of Food  See: https://weather.com/news/news/ethiopia-el-nino-drought-hunger-crisis