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Orange-Alert Drought (453,295 km²) – Angola, DRC, Congo, Gabon, Zambia – Feb 2026 (GDACS DR 1018344)

Occurred 4 Feb 2026·Detected 11 May 2026·
🇦🇴 Central and southern sub-Saharan Africa – Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, and Zambia1 reportEnded 11 May 2026
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GDACS issued an orange (medium humanitarian impact) alert for an ongoing agricultural drought affecting approximately 453,295 km² across Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, and Zambia. The alert was published on 4 February 2026. The orange alert level indicates a medium agricultural impact across the affected region, which spans central and southern sub-Saharan Africa. The drought poses elevated risk to food security and agricultural livelihoods across these countries.

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Impact verdict

Medium impact. The orange GDACS alert indicates medium agricultural impact across a large area of 453,295 km² spanning five countries in central and southern Africa, suggesting meaningful disruption to agricultural production and potential food security stress, though direct insured loss exposure in these markets is typically limited.

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GDACS issued an orange-level drought alert for the region▾
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Affected area covers approximately 453,295 km²▾
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Countries affected: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Zambia▾
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Alert classified as medium impact for agricultural drought▾
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Alert published 4 February 2026▾
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Drought is described as ongoing at time of publication▾
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Precise sub-national locations of worst-affected areas not specified▾
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Duration and start date of the drought not explicitly stated in the alert▾
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Population directly affected not quantified in available data▾
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Affected countries

🇦🇴 Angola🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo🇨🇬 Congo🇬🇦 Gabon🇿🇲 Zambia

Timeline

Status Change28 May 2026, 21:22

Lifecycle changed

monitoring → closed

Closure28 May 2026, 21:22

Event Closed

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Status Change11 May 2026, 06:30

Status changed to monitoring

Auto-transitioned: no updates for 6 hours

Status Change11 May 2026, 00:25

Status changed to active

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Initial Detection11 May 2026, 00:25

Initial Detection

GDACS issued an orange (medium humanitarian impact) alert for an ongoing agricultural drought affecting approximately 453,295 km² across Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, and Zambia. The alert was published on 4 February 2026. The orange alert level indicates a medium agricultural impact across the affected region, which spans central and southern sub-Saharan Africa. The drought poses elevated risk to food security and agricultural livelihoods across these countries.

The Drought notification level is Orange.. Event type: DR. Alert level: Orange. Severity: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 453295 km2. Country: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Zambia

Source: GDACS Alerts (Official Advisory) · View source

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