Six Million Somalis Are Short of Food, and WFP Reaches One in Ten
The Somalia hunger crisis leaves nearly six million people acutely food insecure, with WFP reaching about 600,000 and seeking US$198...
August 28, 2026Topic
Drought
Tunisia’s Grain Harvest Rebounds as Dams Refill
Tunisia's 2025 cereal harvest came in 18 percent above the five-year average and dams are near 60 percent full, but...
August 17, 2026
Colombia Water Emergency: Bogotá Rationing, Hydropower at Risk
Colombia water emergency triggers 24-hour Bogotá shutoffs as Chingaza reservoirs drop to 16%. Over 565 municipalities face scarcity and hydropower...
July 24, 2026
Tunisia’s Power and Water Crisis Fuels Public Anger
Tunisia power water crisis deepens as STEG debt hits 7.36B dinars and night water cuts last 7 hours. Price hikes...
July 20, 2026
Panama Braces for a Strong El Niño — a Threat to a Canal That Runs on Rainwater
Panama El Niño upgraded to a strong event, and the commission watching the reservoirs includes the authority that runs the...
July 10, 2026
82% of Bolivian municipalities declared drought disaster in 2023
82% of Bolivian municipalities declared drought disaster in 2023. This represents 279 out of 342 Bolivian municipalities affected.
August 29, 2023
Emergency in agriculture continues despite rain in Uruguay
Despite recent rains and the government ending the water emergency, Uruguay's agricultural emergency continues, said Fernando Mattos, Minister of Livestock,...
August 26, 2023
Uruguay drought worsens
The Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) has released a forecast indicating that the most affected areas of Uruguay will continue...
June 22, 2023
Uruguayan government forecasts 2% economic expansion
Uruguay's Minister of Economy and Finance, Azucena Arbeleche, yesterday projected a 2 percent growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
May 10, 2023