* As of August, in the core period of the rainy season, West Africa continues to be characterized by variable conditions. Rainfall patterns over the past month reflect a trend observed since the beginning of the season, with the persistence of drier-than-normal conditions in the western parts of the region.
* Overall, in west Africa, the rainy season has so far (between 1 May and 31 August) been characterized by mixed conditions.
* As a result of the of rainfall improvement, since late July, a markedly above-average vegetation cover extends over much of the Sahel across Mali, north-eastern Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, northern Nigeria, and southern Mauritania.
* The short-term forecasts indicate that by late September (30 September 2022), seasonal rainfall will likely be mostly above average for the West Africa region, except for southern coastal areas (southern cotedIvoire, Ghana, south-western Cameroon, south-eastern Nigeria and Liberia), as well as northwestern Mauritania.