Somalia and three other countries desperately need aid to save more than 20 million people from starvation and diseases, the United Nations said. UN humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien pleaded with the world to come to the rescue of Kenya, Yemen, South Sudan and Somalia.
Category: Drought
Somalia on the brink of famine
Last straw: Saida Mousseh Mohammed Hassan, a nomad near the village of Uusgure in the northeast of Somalia, has lost most of her goats to the drought. United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres this week urged the international community to take action to avert famine in Somalia, where a biting drought has left three million people without food.
Somalia: ‘People are dying of hunger…there’s no water’
Her three-year-old daughter Shankaron sits on her lap, eyes blank and scared. It is a look that is far too common in these parts.
‘A nightmare:’ UN chief urges help for Somalia hunger crisis
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, right, stands as Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed addresses the media in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Guterres is conducting high level talks including with Somalia’s new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, to start of what he calls an emergency visit to highlight the country’s famine crisis.
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More than 100 die from hunger in Somalia
Somalia’s Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Haire, says 110 people have died from hunger in a single region in the past 48 hours amid a severe drought. The figure for the south-western Bay region is the first official death toll announced during the crisis.
Severe drought in Somalia leaves 110 people dead from starvation
Somalia’s prime minister said yesterday that 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region – the first death toll announced in a severe drought threatening millions of people across the country. Somalia’s government declared the drought a national disaster on Tuesday.
110 people die in 48 hours in drought-stricken Somalia
Somalia’s Prime Minister said 110 people had died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region – the first death toll announced in a severe drought threatening millions of people across the country. The United Nations estimates 5 million people in this Horn of Africa nation need aid, amid warnings of a full-blown famine.
Hassan Ali Khaire: Hunger, disease kill 110 in two days
Prime minister calls on citizens to help as hunger resulting from drought leads to rise in deaths in the Bay region. Somalia’s prime minister has announced the deaths of at least 110 people due to hunger and diarrhoea in the country over the past 48 hours amid a drought in the Bay region.
Somalia Says 110 Dead From Hunger in Past 48 Hours Because of Drought
Somalia's prime minister announced Saturday that 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region as a severe drought threatens millions of people across the country. It was the first death toll announced by Somalia's government since it declared the drought a national disaster on Tuesday.
Somalia: 110 dead from hunger in past 48 hours in drought
Somalia’s prime minister announced Saturday that 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region as a severe drought threatens millions of people across the country. It was the first death toll announced by Somalia’s government since it declared the drought a national disaster on Tuesday.
Somalia’s new leader declares drought a national disaster
Somalia’s new president has declared a national disaster over a drought that threatens millions of people and is creating fears of a full-blown famine. Displaced Somalis wait to fill plastic containers with water in a camp in the capital Mogadishu Somalia’s new president has declared a national disaster over a drought that threatens millions of people and is creating fears of a full-blown famine.
Somalia’s new leader declares drought a national disaster
Somalia’s new president has declared a national disaster over a drought that threatens millions of people and is creating fears of a full-blown famine. Displaced Somalis wait to fill plastic containers with water in a camp in the capital Mogadishu Somalia’s new president has declared a national disaster over a drought that threatens millions of people and is creating fears of a full-blown famine.