- El Niño threatens food security and infrastructure in Latin America and 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
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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 conditions are causing increased risks of droughts and floods in high-risk countries across Africa and Latin America.Also in this story
- 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.
Within El Niño threatens food security and infrastructure in Latin America and Africa.
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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.
- Acute food insecurity grips the Horn of Africa as failed rains reduce food production across Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Sudan.
- El Niño threatens global extreme conditions into 2027, deepening food and water insecurity in Africa.
- Climate factors like El Nino are causing droughts and floods, leading to acute food insecurity across vulnerable regions including the DRC, Gaza, and Nigeria.
- Acute food insecurity, water crisis, and regional fragility are straining stability across Latin America, affecting countries like Colombia, Cuba, and Haiti.