US First Lady Jill Biden on Sunday visited drought-affected communities in Kenya and appealed for wealthy nations to give more as the Horn of Africa suffers its driest conditions in decades.
US First Lady Jill Biden meets health workers at a nutrition outpost within a drought response site, during a visit to highlight the impacts of drought relief, at the Lositeti village in Matapato North, Kajiado County, Kenya February 26, 2023. REUTERS/ Thomas Mukoya
"We cannot be the only ones. We have to have other countries join us in this global effort to help these people of the region," said Biden at a relief point in Kajiado, a bone-dry county south of Nairobi. The drought was a key focus of Biden's visit to Kenya, with another engagement looking at food security and farming in a changing climate.
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