2012 Sahel drought

2012 nwèrè oke ọkọchị na Sahel, mpaghara semiarid nkè Africa nké dị n'etiti Sahara na savanna. Mba ndị dị na mpaghara a bụ Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, na Eritrea. Oké ọkọchị na Sahel na-eme ugboro ugboro ma na-ebelata obere mmiri na-enye ma na-emetụta akụ na ụba nkè mba ndị na-emepe emepe na mpaghara ahụ.

 Oké ọkọchị n'ọdịnihu nke mpaghara Sahel 
Oké ọkọchị na-aghọwanye ihe a na-ahụkarị, nke ka njọ ma na-eyi egwu n'ihi okpomọkụ ụwa. Nkọwa nwéré ike ịbụ màkà ọnọdụ mmiri ozuzo bụ mgbakwunye nke ihe omume oceanography a na-akpọ El Niño. Otu echiche bụ na evaporation na-eme n'ụzọ dị elu n'ihi mgbanwe nkè okpomọkụ dị n'elu Oké Osimiri, nkè a na-emetụta oke mmiri ozuzo mpaghara Sahel na-enweta Ihe ọzọ ị ga-eburu n'uche bụ mmeghachi omume nke ikuku anyị na ihe na-akpali akpali dị ka gas na ikuku ikuku na ikuku carbon.
áká_ịkẹngạ|thumb|300x300px|Ógbè Sahel bụ ógbè ruru 1,000 kilomita n'obosara nke gafere Afrịka site n'Oké Osimiri Atlantic ruo n'Osimiri Uhie

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 Oké Ụnwụ Ụnwụ 
Valerie Amos, UN Humanitarian Chief n'afọ 2012, wepụtara nkwupụta n'ime afọ ahụ na-ekwu na ihe karịrị nde mmadụ iri na ise enweghị nri na-edozi ahụ na West Africa na mpaghara Sahel. Isi ihe kpatara ụnwụ nri ahụ bụ ụkọ mmiri ozuzo nkè Sahel, nké sitere na ngwakọta nkè ihe ọkụkụ na-akụ afọ n'ala na El Niño.

Mauritania na Chad dekọrọ mfu n'ihe ọkụkụ nke ihe karịrị pasenti iri ise ma e jiri ya tụnyere afọ 2011. Ihe oriri dị n'ógbè ndị ahụ metụtara dị ala ma jikọta ya na ọnụahịa ọka na-arị elu site na pasenti iri isii ruo iri asatọ na ise  ma e jiri ya tụnyere nkezi n'ime afọ ise gara aga. Na Chad naanị nsogbu nri a metụtara ihe dị ka nde mmadụ 3.6. N'ébé ndị dị ka Burkina Faso, ihe karịrị nde 2.8 na-ata ahụhụ n'agụụ ma na Senegal, ihe karịrị narị puku asatọ enweghị ihe zuru ezu iji rie.

 Njikọ mpụga 

 FAO, Nsogbu Sahel nke 2012
 SOS Children 2012, Oké ọkọchị Sahel
 The Guardian's Poverty Matters Blog May 2012, Baaba Maal: ndị mmadụ nọ na mpaghara Sahel chọrọ nri na mmiri ugbu a
 ABC News, May 2012, UN: Nde 18 na West Africa ịga agụụ na 2012
 CNN, June 2012, A distress call from Africa's Sahel: Millions might beast in fam

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