U.N. aid agencies are appealing to international donors to provide money to scale up lifesaving operations in drought-stricken Ethiopia and Somalia, where millions of hungry people are at risk of death and illness. Five years after a devastating 2011 famine killed nearly 260,000 people in Somalia, famine again is stalking that country. "Medical cases include people with acute malnutrition — especially children — watery diarrhea and cholera. On a related issue, the United Nations released $18.5 million from its global emergency fund in response to a new catastrophic drought in Ethiopia. WFP said it needed $268 million to provide food aid for the drought victims through July.

Source: Ethiopian News February 21, 2017 21:00 UTC