Somalia: Aid Agencies on Alert Amid Low Rainfall


In Somalia, low rainfall for a fifth consecutive growing season has aid agencies sounding the alert. More than a third of the population is in need of food assistance, and that number could grow in coming months.

Below average rainfall in Somalia has aid agencies concerned about this year's harvest, expected to begin in April.

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