Thousands of Hungry Somalis Trekking to EthiopiaMarch 24, 2017 – Menaced by Al Shabab militants and a worsening drought, thousands of Somalis are abandoning the land to seek refuge in neighbouring Ethiopia, according UNHCR report. Hungry and exhausted, Aisha Yussuf Abdi, 40, and her seven young children finally reached Ethiopia at the end of a desperate three-day trek over the border from Somalia. “We walked and slept on the road,” she says, her eyes flitting nervously as she recalls the journey. A significant number of the children and mothers are malnourished,” says Sandra Harlass, Senior Health Officer for in Ethiopia for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. We are hungry and we are looking for food,” she adds.

Source: Ethiopian News March 25, 2017 01:30 UTC