Video: Drought and famine threaten life for nomadic Somali herders

JUDY WOODRUFF: The United Nations has called it the worst humanitarian crisis since 1945, and, just today, the lead editorial in The Washington Post called it the worst crisis you have never heard of.

Drought and famine threaten 20 million people in the war-torn countries of Yemen, South Sudan, and Somalia, as well as drought-stricken neighbors, such as Ethiopia.

This week, for the first time, eight of the leading U.S.-based international relief organizations are launching the Global Emergency Response Coalition. It’s a joint fund-raising appeal to the American public due to the hunger crisis, which will use social media to amplify its message.

Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from the breakaway region of Somalia known as Somaliland.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/drought-famine-threaten-life-nomadic-somali-herders/

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