Aid groups say more than 37 million people in the Horn of Africa are struggling with hunger fueled by a deadly record drought that has killed nearly 9 million animals. Exacerbated by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, the global hunger situation is getting worse by the day, according to experts. Dr. Deepmala Mahla, vice president for humanitarian affairs at CARE International, said the world "is facing a devastating global hunger crisis, and this is happening in this world of abundance. “We do see already alarming rates of mortality and malnutrition occurring in all the three countries," said Abyan Ahmed, global humanitarian nutrition adviser at CARE. During his speech to the U.N. General Assembly this week, President Joe Biden pledged $10 billion to fight global hunger, but it was not clear how much of this will go to the Horn of Africa.

Source: Ethiopian News September 23, 2022 22:58 UTC