Alert Issued in Somalia as UN Warns of Effects of Drought
- Umberto Bacchi
- Feb 5, 2017
- 1 min read
Millions of people do not have enough to eat and need urgent assistance in several countries across the Horn of Africa due to drought and conflict, according to the United Nations.
In Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya almost 12 millions are struggling to feed themselves because of repeated rain failures that have led to poor harvests and livestock deaths, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.
FAO said pre-famine alert has been issued for Somalia and warned that swift action was needed to avoid a repeat of the famine that killed nearly 260,000 people in 2011.
"The time to act is now," said FAO's deputy director-general Maria Helena Semedo. "We cannot wait for a disaster like the famine in 2011".
NASA
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