Famine looms in Horn of Africa after four seasons of poor rains: Agencies

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NAIROBI: Four consecutive seasons of poor rains have left millions of drought-stricken people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia facing starvation, aid agencies and meteorologists said Monday (May 30), warning that the October-November monsoon \u0022could also fail\u0022. The unprecedented drought is \u0022a climatic event n

NAIROBI: Four consecutive seasons of poor rains have left millions of drought-stricken people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia facing starvation, aid agencies and meteorologists said Monday , warning that the October-November monsoon"could also fail".

"Should these forecasts materialise, the already severe humanitarian emergency in the region would further deepen," the agencies said. More than 16.7 million people in the three countries are experiencing acute hunger with the number projected to rise to 20 million by September. East Africa endured a harrowing drought in 2017 but early humanitarian action averted a famine in Somalia.

 

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