- El Niño climate crisis driving food, health, and drought across Africa
- El Niño conditions are increasing droughts and floods across various regions, including Africa and Latin America.
- El Niño conditions are causing increased risks of droughts and floods in high-risk countries across Africa and Latin America.
Global Aid Cuts and Climate Shocks Compound Food Insecurity in Africa and Beyond
What happened
A new CARE report outlines how compounding crises, including food shortages, drought, floods, crop losses, and conflict, are impacting women globally. The findings, based on surveys and interviews conducted in 2025 across Burundi, Colombia, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Syria, and Vietnam, indicate that three in four women said crises were hardest to manage. The report also found that global aid cuts were being felt across all seven countries surveyed, impacting local economies, health services, and aid support.
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The current outlook is expected to worsen due to the ongoing El Niño, which is predicted to bring more drought and crop failure to the region. The combination of climate shocks and shrinking aid resources is placing severe strain on the core economies and social structures of affected states.
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- El Niño poses high flood risk to Peru, prompting UNICEF to issue risk assessments for vulnerable populations.
- Climate risk assessment shows drought risk affecting agricultural value chains across Africa due to El Niño.
- Somalia and Ethiopia face an enhanced risk of rainfall due to the ongoing El Niño phenomenon.
- Colombia and Haiti face climate risks from El Niño, while Cameroon and Ethiopia are also mentioned in the context of climate risks.
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- Harvest failure, excessive rains leading to floods, and El Niño are causing acute food insecurity across multiple African nations including Malawi, Somalia, and Zambia.
- El Niño is affecting agricultural production across the region involving Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan, and Ethiopia.
- El Niño is causing widespread climate impacts across South America, leading to emergencies in Peru, El Salvador, and facing severe impacts in Colombia and Ecuador.