Dozens of his goats in Ngong, a town in southern Kenya, have died after three years of harrowing drought in the east and Horn of Africa. La Nina, together with El Nino and the neutral condition are called ENSO, which stands for El Nino Southern Oscillation. “There is a connection between the El Nino Southern Oscillation, rainfall patterns and drought in east and southern Africa,” said climate scientist Marjahn Finlayson. El Nino favors tropical cyclones forming over the central basin of the Indian Ocean that then move toward the south pole, Fontaine said. Meanwhile in the east and Horn of Africa, now in its sixth straight dry season, communities are counting huge losses.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 11, 2023 00:10 UTC