Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on the Fight Against Desertification (CCNUD) and the World Meteorological Organization Tuesday sounded the alarm over the worsening drought in many parts of the Horn of Africa, which they said was extending progressively towards the east of the continent. Full text...

Mbabane- Swaziland (PANA) -- Amid the worst drought in a decade, Swaziland's Agriculture and Co-operatives Minister Mtiti Fakudze has urged farmers to reduce their livestock herds. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A severe drought is ravaging parts of northern Kenya's arid and semi-arid district of Isiolo, leaving an estimated 8,000 herdsmen and their families in a catastrophic situation. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Swedish government Thursday donated 3. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- More than 345,000 Namibians are currently relying on relief food from the government Emergency Management Unit (EMU) following massive crop failures that preceded the last planting season. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) has earmarked 500 million euros to support Ethiopia in macro-economic and infrastructure development as well as food security for the next four years, the European Commission head delegate here, Ambassador Yves Gazzo, said Wednesday. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Muslims and Christians in drought-hit Zambia on Friday began holding joint intercessory prayers for the return of seasonal rains, whose delay in coming has thrown all farmers in panic. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- WFP Executive Director, James T. Full text...

Addis Ababa Ethiopia (PANA) -- The European Commission has approved an additional 4 million Euro in humanitarian aid for drought victims in Ethiopia, state radio reported here Monday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ireland has announced an increase of 2 million Euros in its emergency aid to Ethiopia, which is experiencing another severe drought this year, the Irish Embassy disclosed here Saturday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Germany has pledged 22. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The World Bank has approved 50 million US dollars as emergency drought relief to Zambia, the Bank's official said in Lusaka Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) Tuesday called for an immediate response to head off a massive humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, warning that the number of people in need of food aid would rise sharply from the current 6 million to 10-14 million people next year. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- James Morris, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the humanitarian crisis in southern Africa, will Tuesday begin a two-week mission to six southern Africa countries, where 13 million people are increasingly gripped by hunger and widespread suffering. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- An Oxfam International panel discussion on the Earth Summit concluded Sunday that there was little some 13 million famine-stricken people in southern Africa could expect from ongoing summit in Johannesburg, now or in the long run. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- A major disaster could occur if desperately needed food aid does not arrive in the drought ravaged southern African region in the next three months, the United Nations warned in Johannesburg Thursday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The Desertification 2002 Conference scheduled next week in Cape Town will place unprecedented attention on desertification in Southern Africa, an expert on desert research said. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- High poverty levels, estimated at 80 percent of the total population, have been identified as the main cause of widespread deforestation and land degradation in Zambia. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Stacks of dry grass and firewood have suddenly filled up marketplaces in the western Sudanese towns of Mellit and Fashir. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The UN World Food Programme (WFP) Friday warned that tens of thousands of Somalis could face acute hunger as poor rains in south-central regions threaten the country's main grain harvest. Full text...