Source: Famine Early Warning System Network
Country: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania (the), Zambia, Zimbabwe
KEY MESSAGES
The 2012/2013 rainfall season is starting normally in most areas in the region.
Several areas in the region are starting the season with below-average vegetation conditions.
Forecasts call for below-normal rains in several of the areas affected by last season’s drought.