The Sahelian region comprises of countries such as Algeria, Mali, Senegal, Chad, Eritrea, Mauritania, Chad and Niger. Natural disasters such as floods and drought, animal diseases have been more frequent in West Africa (Barnabas, Jager, & Feher 2008). People living in this region have been suffering a lot. These disasters tend to bring about poverty, food insecurity, child malnutrition, conflicts, lack of basic services, poor governance and political instability, and weak economies dependent on donors and other international government and non-governmental organizations. All these conditions lead to poor developments, for instance, as of 2010, all the countries in this region were known to have lower levels of human development with the exception
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Drought aggravates degradation of the environment through the effects of ecosystem and climate such as deforestation, soil erosion, water pollution, and loss of bio-diversity. Social effects of drought include reduced water supplies which cause health and sanitation diseases, especially for vulnerable groups of the society which are women and children. Drought also has adverse effects on the prevalence of diseases. For example, in 1991-1992, there was an acute drought in Mozambique, which caused a severe outbreak of cholera and …show more content…
The bars on the upper side of the central line indicate more rain than the average. The ones drawn on the lower side indicate a decrease in rainfall below the average. The longer the drawn bar in the table, the greater the deviation from the average.
From the figure, there were a lot of rainfalls in the years between 1950 and 1960. Just before 1970, a new drought started up to 2010 with very small aspects of rains. Since 1970, the Sahel region has witnessed a deficiency of
Drought aggravates degradation of the environment through the effects of ecosystem and climate such as deforestation, soil erosion, water pollution, and loss of bio-diversity. Social effects of drought include reduced water supplies which cause health and sanitation diseases, especially for vulnerable groups of the society which are women and children. Drought also has adverse effects on the prevalence of diseases. For example, in 1991-1992, there was an acute drought in Mozambique, which caused a severe outbreak of cholera and …show more content…
The bars on the upper side of the central line indicate more rain than the average. The ones drawn on the lower side indicate a decrease in rainfall below the average. The longer the drawn bar in the table, the greater the deviation from the average.
From the figure, there were a lot of rainfalls in the years between 1950 and 1960. Just before 1970, a new drought started up to 2010 with very small aspects of rains. Since 1970, the Sahel region has witnessed a deficiency of