The forecast through December indicates that water deficits in North Africa will moderate though some large pockets of exceptional deficit are expected in the western Sahara Desert. Surpluses are forecast in the Sahel, East Africa, northern Somalia, and pockets of South Africa.
Africa: Water surplus to persist in E. Africa
Africa: Water surplus to increase in Ethiopia
Africa: Intense water deficits ahead for central Somalia
The forecast through March 2020 indicates that water deficits in Africa will shrink and downgrade considerably, but exceptional deficits will emerge from central Somalia into Ethiopia. Surpluses in East Africa will remain widespread, particularly in Tanzania and Kenya. Other areas with a forecast of surplus include the Nile River through Egypt and nations on the north coast of the Gulf of Guinea.
Africa: Water surplus ahead for Niger Delta
The forecast through December indicates that deficits will shrink and downgrade considerably, leaving southern nations in nearly normal conditions and some scattered, primarily moderate deficits across the north. Surpluses are forecast from Guinea east to southern Sudan, around the Gulf of Guinea, in East Africa, and from southern Gabon through northwestern Angola.