In early June, West Africa experienced a slight increase in rainfall Eastern Guinea, southern Mali and Burkina Faso received moderate rainfall (up to 80 mm) Meanwhile, more intense rains were recorded in coastal and inland areas in Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria. While the increase in rainfall relieved some dryness in parts of the region, the southern coastal areas of the region, southern Coted’Ivoire to Benin continued to experience prolonged dry conditions due to poor rainfall performance Rainfall in Northern Nigeria,southern Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Western Guinea also remains below average

In the past two months (between 11 April and 10 June West Africa was characterised by drier than average conditions which mainly affected the westernmost parts of the region (southern Senegal, Guinea Bissau, western Guinea and north western Mali), some coastal areas (south eastern Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and southern Benin) as well as much of Niger, northern Nigeria, and the Lake Chad Basin Conversely, rains have been above normal in Sierra Leone, northern Liberia, southern Cameroun and western CAR In the Sahel
region, some areas across Burkina Faso, Central Senegal, Eastern Chad benefited from normal to wetter than normal conditions. The early season dryness continues to affect vegetation conditions In southern areas below average vegetation can be seen across a broad area from south eastern Senegal and northern Guinea across northern Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Burkina Faso, central Nigeria continuing into central Cameroon (neighbouring areas of Far North and North regions) and far south western Chad (in Tandjile Mandoul Logone Oriental and Logone Oriental regions)