MAP: Weather hazards impacts assessment for Africa ( July 3 -9,2008)
07 Jul 2008 Source: FEWSNET
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Rainfall totals during the last week have increased significantly in West Africa. The heavy rain reduced moisture deficits in
Burkina Faso and southern Mali and much of West Africa has now received average to above average rainfall.
Unseasonable rainfall has continued along the Somalia-Kenya coast, benefiting water availability in the region, much of which
was below average during the March to May season. Significant relief is not expected in the Horn until October.
A group of Kenyan opposition members of parliament march near the Grand Regency Hotel during a protest over its sale in Nairobi, July 1, 2008. Kenya's prime minister summoned cabinet colleagues ...