Der Spiegel reported that reports issued by the United Nations are warning of a global drought that could affect three-quarters of the world’s population by 2050. Droughts over the past two decades have increased on Earth by 29%.

And the newspaper reported that many African countries are now suffering more than others from the effects of natural disasters and drought, but these problems are starting to grow more in other countries of the world, which requires “alarm bells” for Europe as well. According to the UN, there are currently about 3.6 billion people suffering from water shortages for at least one month a year, and by 2050 this number could increase to three-quarters of the world’s population.

For his part, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Ibrahim Thiaw, noted that “global warming is likely to exacerbate the situation in many regions of the world, and that drought is one of the biggest threats to sustainable development.” .” According to United Nations reports, developing countries are the regions most affected by drought problems, including, for example, the African Sahel, and the effects of drought there lead to severe water shortages, soil degradation and permanent desertification.

The reports also indicated that over the past 100 years, more than 300 droughts have occurred on Earth, and about 44% of these cases have occurred on the African continent. In addition, Africa and the southern African regions of the Sahel are clearly suffering from the effects of climatic droughts are more pronounced there.