Drought conditions leave an estimated 13 million people facing severe hunger in the Horn of Africa and kill over 1.5M livestock, says a senior UN official
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that the Horn of Africa is "on the brink of catastrophe" unless urgent action is taken to mitigate a drop in rainfall in the region.
The short rains in the region, which includes parts of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, were supposed to come between October and December but “were extremely poor,” he said. In addition, most places for water that have usually been resilient to climate variability have dried up in Kenya, he said during a virtual news conference from Rome.
“Agriculture needs a lot more attention. It’s central to the survival of drought affected communities.”
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