UN agencies take stock of El Niño impacts in Africa and Asia/Pacific, gear up for La Niña

The 2015-16 El Niño weather phenomenon has been one of the strongest and most widespread of the past hundred years, destroying the livelihoods of farming families across the globe and leaving millions of people hungry. Drought has gripped large swathes of East and southern Africa, ravaging harvests. In Asia and the Pacific, drought has hit […]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Appa-sourceTheAfric...