By Aggrey Mutambo The drought currently pummelling Horn of Africa countries may have hurt Somalia more with at least 380,000 pregnant women, cutting them off from life-saving health care services. The figures are contained in an end-year bulletin by the United … Continued
BBC/ ED HABERSHON/ Young children have been dying in growing numbers in the country’s fight against drought By Asad Awais & Shaun Dacosta Misery, hunger and death. That is the reality Somalia faces due to a drought which has devastated … Continued
Around 20.2 million children are under threat of severe hunger, thirst and disease – compared to 10 million in July – as climate change, conflict, global inflation and grain shortages devastate the region. “While collective and accelerated efforts have mitigated … Continued
Some 45,000 Somalis have arrived to Dadaab in 2022 and more are expected to arrive in the coming months, but resources to receive them are stretched. By Moulid Hujale in Dadaab, Kenya Back home in Somalia, Dekow Derow Ali, a father … Continued
Jason Beaubien MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia typically gets two rainy seasons per year. The first, called the Gu rains, usually start in late March or April and last until June. The second round of rains, known as the Deyr, generally … Continued
NAIROBI, Kenya — The first shipment of grain as part of Ukraine’s own initiative to supply countries in need arrived in Djibouti Monday for delivery to neighboring Ethiopia amid the region’s worst drought in decades. Ukraine’s embassy in Ethiopia confirmed that the “Grain from … Continued
Sat on the edge of her bed, Wiilo Maalim Nuuro cradles her daughter, Nafiso. The two-year-old is severely malnourished and is undergoing life-saving treatment. She is far from alone. The intensive care unit (ICU) at the main hospital in Baidoa, … Continued
Oromia, Southern Ethiopia, Over the past few years, Tume has seen the fruits of her family’s labour disappear in front of her eyes. Her country, Ethiopia, is in the grip of a devastating drought – the severest the country has … Continued
DOOLOW, Somalia — Before the start of the worst drought Somalia has experienced in four decades, 30-year-old Nuurto Ali Issaq tended to 40 goats and other livestock as a pastoralist, having just enough resources to make a living and feed herself … Continued
Dahir’s brother died of hunger. Now two of his sisters are fighting sickness and malnutrition. The BBC’s Andrew Harding returns to Baidoa to revisit a family forced to flee Somalia’s worst drought in 40 years, as authorities urge the international … Continued
Addis Abeba – Conflict, coupled with drought has inflicted heavy humanitarian crises in southern and western parts of Ethiopia’s Oromia regional state, according to latest report by the UN Office of Coordination Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA). The latest report reveals that … Continued
It has been a harsh introduction to the Somali capital for Asha Barre Ahmed, a widow who left Bay region with her three children when drought and insecurity finally made life in their village of Rahole impossible. After walking for … Continued
