Somalia faces famine on a scale last seen half a century ago, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Tuesday as it set a new target of more than $2 billion in funding needs.
People affected by the worsening drought due to failed rain seasons, gather at the Alla Futo camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia September 23, 2022. REUTERS/ Feisal Omar
"Without greater action and investment, we are facing the death of children on a scale not seen in a half a century.” Somalia has suffered four successive failures in its rainy seasons since the end of 2020, and there are fears that a fifth failure is now underway. "However, everything I am hearing on the ground—from nutritionists to pastoralists—is that things today actually look worse. In 2011, after three failed rains, the affected population was half of what it is now, and the overall conditions—rain and harvest—were on the mend.
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