In this file photo dated on June 30, 2022, Somalis who fled drought-stricken areas carry their belongings as they arrive at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. (FARAH ABDI WARSAMEH / AP) ADDIS ABABA — The Horn of Africa is facing an unprecedented drought emergency with catastrophic consequences, the […]
In this file photo dated on June 30, 2022, Somalis who fled drought-stricken areas carry their belongings as they arrive at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. (FARAH ABDI WARSAMEH / AP) ADDIS ABABA — The Horn of Africa is facing an unprecedented drought emergency with catastrophic consequences, the […]
Zamzam Jamac, a Somali woman displaced by the worsening drought due to failed rain seasons, feeds her child Fatuma Botan, 1, through a nasogastric tube at the paediatric ward in the Banadir Hospital, in Mogadishu, Somalia Sept 24, 2022. (FEISAL OMAR / REUTERS) NAIROBI – International aid agencies have called for immediate global solidarity to […]
Livestock are seen in a dried field due to drought in Kidemu sub-location in Kilifi County, Kenya, March 23, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – Amid the worst drought in 40 years, Horn of Africa countries have been hit by outbreaks of cholera and acute watery diarrhea, while fighting in northern Ethiopia continues, a […]
A young womann from the Turkana community waters goats from a shallow well dug into a dry riverbed at Eliye springs on the western shore of Lake Turkana in Turkana county, Kenya on Sept 28, 2022. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP) LODWAR, Kenya – In a dry river bed in Kenya's arid northwest, pastoralists dig ever-deeper […]
A goose looks for water in the dried bed of Lake Velence in Velence, Hungary, on Aug 11, 2022. (ANNA SZILAGYI / AP) BRUSSELS – Europe is experiencing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with almost two-thirds of the continent in a state of alert or warning, a European Union (EU) agency said […]
Ali Abdullahi Mohamed, a severely malnourished 27-month-old boy, is examined by a nurse for treatment in Banadir Maternity and Children Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia on June 1, 2022. Four consecutive seasons of poor rains have left millions of drought-stricken people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia facing starvation. (ED RAM / AFP) MOGADISHU – The number […]
Nunay Mohamed, 25, who fled the drought-stricken Lower Shabelle area, holds her one-year old malnourished child at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, June 30, 2022. The crisis in Ukraine has abruptly drawn millions of dollars away from longer-running humanitarian crises and Somalia is perhaps the most vulnerable as […]
