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Drought in Horn of Africa worse than in 2011 famine

Posted on February 20, 2023February 22, 2023 By CorruptionLedger No Comments on Drought in Horn of Africa worse than in 2011 famine
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Below-normal rainfall is expected during the rainy season over the next three months in parts of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, a climate research centre says.

Drought trends in the Horn of Africa are now worse than they were during the 2011 famine in which hundreds of thousands of people died.

The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center said on Wednesday that below-normal rainfall is expected during the rainy season over the next three months.

“In parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda that have been most affected by the recent drought, this could be the 6th failed consecutive rainfall season,” it said.

Drier than normal conditions have also increased in parts of Burundi, eastern Tanzania, Rwanda and western South Sudan, the centre added.

Workneh Gebeyehu, the head of IGAD, urged governments and partners to act “before it’s too late”.

The drought, the longest on record in Somalia, has lasted almost three years and tens of thousands of people have died.

More than one million people have been displaced in Somalia alone, according to the United Nations. Last month, the UN resident coordinator for Somalia warned excess deaths in Somalia will “almost certainly” surpass those of the famine declared in the country in 2011, when more than 260,000 people died of starvation.

Close to 23 million people are thought to be highly food insecure in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, according to a food security working group chaired by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development.

Already 11 million livestock that are essential to many families’ health and wealth have died, Wednesday’s statement said. Many people affected across the region are pastoralists or farmers who have watched crops wither and water sources run dry.

The war in Ukraine has affected the humanitarian response, as traditional donors in Europe divert funding for the crisis closer to home.

“These prolonged and recurrent climate change-induced droughts will further worsen other existing, mutually exacerbating humanitarian challenges in the region, including the ongoing hunger crisis, the impacts of COVID-19, and internal displacement.

“We need an all-hands-on-deck approach to strengthen food systems, livelihoods, and climate resilience,” said Mohammed Mukhier, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies director for Africa.

Aljazeera.com

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/22/drought-in-horn-of-africa-worse-than-in-2011-famine-experts

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