#prolonged drought

Collection of prolonged drought news, found 88 news.

Indonesia Accepts Foreign Assistance to Extinguish Forest Fires

The inhabitants of Sumatra and Kalimantan, as well as the citizens of Malaysia and Singapore, who have been choked by ...

Despite El Nino, paddy harvests take place any time: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that despite Indonesia struggling with the effects of El Nino, which has ...

Indonesian forest fires cause regional concern

Millions of people in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore have been affected by the haze mainly arising from forest, ...

NGO to provide legal counsel to victims of forest fires

The prolonged drought induced by the El Nino phenomenon, has resulted in a water crisis and harvest failure in some ...

Kudus just suffers water shortage: Kudus regent

Kudus Regent, Musthofa, has convinced the public that none of his areas suffers a severe drought though a clean water ...

Hotspots detected in C. Kalimantan

As many as 25 hotspots were detected in several areas of Kotawaringin Timur district in Central Kalimantan on Monday, ...

No need to import food to face El Nino: Kalla

The government does not need to import food commodities to face the impacts of El Nino on Indonesia, Vice President M. ...

Artificial rains being considered to put out forest fires

Forest fires have hit several provinces in Indonesia over the past few months and produced haze that has had an effect ...

Fires raze 200 hectares of forest area in C. Java

Fires have razed a total of 200 hectares of forest area in the current dry season in Central Java, a provincial ...

Clean water crisis affects 15 sub-districts in Sukabumi

Fifteen sub-districts in Sukabumi district, West Java, are running short of clean water during the dry season, a ...

Govt determined to fight forest fires as hot spots proliferate

The Indonesian government appears to be determined to reduce the number of forest fire hot spots by 20 percent ...

RI committed to helping Somalia overcome famine

The Indonesian government is committed to giving humanitarian aid to overcome Somalia`s famine problem caused by a ...

AU forces battle rebels in drought-hit Mogadishu

Somali government forces and African Union troops battled insurgents on Thursday in heavy fighting in the capital ...