Great Sahelian Drought Deaths: 100,000+ (jan 1, 1968 – dec 1, 1973)

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Part of the reoccurring droughts in the sahel.

Burkina Faso, northern Nigeria, southern Niger, far northern Cameroon (near Lake Chad) and central Chad all struggled with dwindling rainfall from the 1960s.

The 1968-73 drought severely affected several West African countries. Grazing became impossible, and this triggered a large-scale famine that led to the first mobilisation of external aid and the creation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development by the United Nations.

Up to 100,000 people and a third of livestock died. This drought was so catastrophic that it became known as the "Great Sahelian drought".

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