Impact of 2023/24 El Niño on Southern Africa

TLDR

• Mr Vilakati recalled the impact of the 2023/24 El Niño, when Southern Africa experienced one of its worst droughts in decades, prompting Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe to declare national.
• The warning was issued during the Ministerial Consultative Meeting on El Niño Preparedness and Continental Response, where leaders from the African Union Commission (AUC) said the phenomenon could trigger severe.