Submitted by monitor on Mon, 08/21/2017 - 16:51 URL http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2017/08/16/strengthening-social-protec… Body worldbank.org (16.08.2017) The effects of the 2015 El-Nino induced drought lasted well into 2017, and affected a quarter of Lesotho’s population of 2.2 million. Regions / Country Africa