The risk of famine in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia keeps getting worse with the prospects of another bad rainy season, the fifth in a row, several UN agencies warned on Monday. #Tigray crisis 'horrific', says World Health Organization chief as many people are dying of hunger rape is rapant too in #Ethiopia's north. The situation is no different in Somalia, where a third of the livestock has died since mid-2021. In 2017, early humanitarian mobilisation prevented famine in Somalia, in contrast to 2011 when 260,000 people - half of them children under six - died of hunger or hunger-related disorders. Scientists say climate change is leading to more extreme weather events, especially in Africa, the continent that contributes the least to global warming.

Source: Ethiopian News May 31, 2022 13:35 UTC