The forecast through October indicates water deficits in Africa’s northwest and in coastal nations from Sierra Leone around the Gulf of Guinea. Surpluses are expected in the Sahel, Uganda, and from Tanzania through its southern neighbors and eastern South Africa.
Africa: Water deficits in the Horn will shrink
Africa: Water deficits across N Africa
ISciences Worldwide Water Watch List April 2022
Regions forecast to have significant water deficits for the 12-month period January through December 2022 include: Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, northwest Africa, Chile, and Texas and the U.S. West. Areas of significant water surplus include: eastern Australia, China, India, and Indonesia. This Watch List is based on ISciences Water Security Indicator Model v2 (WSIMv2) 5 April 2022.
Africa: Water deficits will persist in northern Africa & on Kafue River in Zambia
Though intense water deficits will persist in northern Africa over the next few months, exceptional deficits will shrink in the north and along the Red Sea, and will nearly disappear from the rest of the continent. Intense deficits will persist in Zambia’s Kafue River watershed. Areas of surplus include: Tanzania, Kenya, eastern Uganda, some countries along the northern Gulf of Guinea, central Chad, and northwestern Zambia. Surpluses will be intense in East Africa.