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- This is the worst drought to hit the region in over 40 years. In the Horn of Africa, drought has increasingly become the rule rather than the exception: Somalia has faced more than a decade of drought.
- The next rainy season in the Horn of Africa begins in October, but the outlook is not promising. Early forecasts all indicate the likelihood that the “short rains” season from October to December will also fail (the “long rains” season here takes place between March and May).
- People in the Horn of Africa rely on the land to live. Approximately 80% of Kenya is arid or semi-arid land, leaving most of the people who live in this region relying on pastoralism (herding livestock) for their livelihoods.
- What began as a failed rainy season created a domino effect — with deadly consequences. The loss of crops and livestock isn’t the end of the story, however.
Nov 3, 2022 · Inside the Horn of Africa’s hunger crisis. Drought, conflict, instability, and rising prices are creating unprecedented levels of food insecurity and looming famine, photojournalist reports...
Mar 10, 2023 · 10 March 2023 Humanitarian Aid. Life-threatening hunger caused by climate shocks, violent insecurity and disease in the Horn of Africa, have left nearly 130,000 people “looking death...
- This was the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in over 40 years. The Horn of Africa is one of the epicentres of the climate crisis. Drought in Somalia has continued for over a decade; Ethiopia faced back-to-back droughts over seven years; and Kenya has experienced a cycle of drought that dates back to 1975.
- Rains have arrived in east Africa, but that doesn’t mean the crisis is over. This spring’s “long” rainy season in east Africa was a success, but this much-needed relief doesn’t mean the crisis is over.
- People in the Horn of Africa rely on the land to live. Approximately 80% of Kenya is arid or semi-arid land, leaving most of the people who live in this region relying on pastoralism (herding livestock) for their livelihoods.
- This isn’t just about the weather or the livestock. The loss of crops and livestock isn’t the end of the story. The effects of this latest drought in the Horn of Africa have been felt in rising incidences of gender-based violence, communicable diseases, and hunger rates.
Apr 27, 2023 · The unrelenting drought that has devastated the Horn of Africa and left more than 20 million people facing acute food insecurity would not have been possible without climate change, a new...
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Feb 23, 2024 · In recent years, the Horn of Africa has been experiencing its worst drought in more than four decades. The March to May 2022 rainy season was the driest in the last 70 years. After five consecutive below-average rainy seasons, the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa is expanding and deepening.
Jun 26, 2023 · Climate, armed conflict, high food prices and post-COVID-19 economic fall-out have caused record food insecurity in the Horn of Africa, with an estimated 60 million urgently in need of help, UN...
