a new a report says An estimated 43,000 people He died in Somalia’s longest drought on record last year And half of They probably were children less than 5
that it first official death fees announced in Drought withers large portions of century of Africa.
18,000 at least peopleand their number is expected to reach 34,000 die in the first six Months of this year.
“the current crisis far from over”,” says The report released on Monday by the World Health Organization and the United Nations children’s agency was carried out from the London School of Hygiene and tropical medicine.
Somalia and neighboring Ethiopia and Kenya are facing sixth in a row failed The rainy season rising global Food prices and war in Ukraine holds hunger calamity.
The United Nations and its partners earlier this year They said they no longer expected an official declaration of famine for Somalia for Now however the situation is called “too.” critical” with more from 6 million people starving in This country alone.
Famine is severe shortage of Food is important death rate From complete starvation or malnutrition combined with diseases like cholera.
The official declaration of famine means data shows more out of five of families have severe food gaps, more more than 30% of children are severely malnourished over two people out of 10,000 are dying every day.
“the risk of Famine continues remainsUnited Nations Resident Coordinator in Adam Abdelmawla, Somalia, told reporters Monday.
Some officials humanity and climate this year They warned that the trends are worse than in Famine 2011 in Somalia in which a quarter-million people He died.
“the death rate was increasing like year It’s coming to an end,” the London School of Hygiene and tropical medicine professor Francesco Chichi told reporters.
the hardest-hit population in Bai and Bacol in Southwestern Somalia and the displaced people who They fled to the capital, Mogadishu.
Millions of The cattle died in the current The crisis has been exacerbated by climate change and insecurity such as Somalia battles thousands of fighters with terrorist group Al Qaeda’s East African branch, Al-Shabaab. United Nations migration agency says 3.8 million people Mashradon, A.; record high.
A food security assessment was issued last Almost a month said half-million children in Somalia is likely to suffer from this acute malnutrition year.
this time , world Many humanitarian officials are looking elsewhere.
“a lot of the traditional Donors have washed their hands and focused on Ukraine,” said the UN Resident Coordinator to the visiting US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas Greenfield, during a briefing. in Mogadishu in January.
