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Somalia: Severe Drought Leads to Water and Sanitation Crisis
VOA, 21 March 2022
Somalia's federal government has declared a state of emergency due to a severe drought that is ravaging the country. The drought has contributed to an unprecedented water crisis… Read more »
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East Africa: Humanitarians Urge Action to Avert Famine in Somalia and South Sudan
UN News, 12 April 2022
The threat of famine is very real in Somalia and South Sudan and urgent action is needed now to avoid a catastrophe, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday. Read more »
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East Africa: Alarm As Hundreds of Thousands of Somalis Suffer Most Severe Drought in the Last Decade
ICRC, 16 March 2022
Somalia is the most severely affected of the countries facing the ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa. The situation is alarming, and it is deteriorating. People are massively… Read more »
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Somalia: Somalia Calls for Urgent Donor Support As Drought Affects 6.9 Million People
Shabelle, 15 March 2022
The Somali government is asking the international community for humanitarian aid for the 6.9 million people affected by the severe drought currently ravaging several parts of the… Read more »
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Somalia: UN Worried About Lack of Funds to Tackle Somalia Drought
Shabelle, 12 March 2022
The United Nations warned Wednesday that it faces a crippling lack of funds to tackle Somalia's devastating drought, which has been "overshadowed" by other humanitarian crises… Read more »
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Somalia: UNHCR Ramps Up Aid to Thousands Displaced By Somalia Drought
Shabelle, 12 March 2022
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is scaling up assistance to thousands of people displaced by severe drought in Somalia following three consecutive failed rainy seasons that have… Read more »
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Somalia: Somali PM Roble Chairs a Meeting On Drought Response
Shabelle, 14 March 2022
MOGADISHU [SMN] - Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has held a meeting with members of the international community in Mogadishu on Monday Read more »
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Kenya: Laikipia Leaders Blame Large Scale Irrigation for Increased Water Shortage
Capital FM, 15 March 2022
A section of leaders in Lakipia have attributed the acute water shortage and the drought ravaging parts of the county to poor management of water resources upstream. Read more »
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Kenya: Government Assures of Relief Interventions in 23 Drought Hit Counties
Capital FM, 16 March 2022
The government has assured 23 counties that have been hard hit by drought of continued relief support , including cash transfers and physical food distribution. Read more »
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Somalia: AU Troops in Somalia Donate Food Stuff to Drought Hit Residents
Radio Dalsan, 9 March 2022
Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops operating in Somalia under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) last week donated foodstuff, medical supplies and distributed freshwater… Read more »
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Somalia: Drought Sparks Humanitarian, Displacement Crisis
VOA, 11 March 2022
The U.N. refugee agency said Friday that drought in Somalia was causing a humanitarian and displacement crisis, with thousands of people fleeing their parched lands in search of… Read more »
Calls For Support as Drought Ravages Horn of Africa
The Somali government is asking the international community for humanitarian aid for the 6.9 million people affected by the severe drought currently ravaging several parts of the country.
Prime Minister Mohamed Roble in a statement issued in capital city Mogadishu, on March 14, 2022, urged donors to hasten aid as conditions are deteriorating.
The UN has warned that it faces a crippling lack of funds to tackle Somalia's devastating drought, which has been "overshadowed" by other humanitarian crises including the war in Ukraine. It said that so far, the UN has only secured 3% of the U.S.$1.46 billion (1.23 billion euros) required to meet the needs of Somalians.
The Kenyan government on its part has assured 23 counties that have been hard hit by drought of continued relief support, including cash transfers and physical food distribution.
Tanzania's Vice President Philip Mpango on March 16, 2022 appealed to Maasai traditional elders to use their influence in safeguarding and protecting water sources in Simanjiro District in the Manyara Region.
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The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that famine is stalking Somalia, as years of climate-related disasters destroyed crops, dried up water sources and created a Read more »
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Traditional crops and organic farming stakeholders in Tanzania have asked the government to establish a department that would deal with traditional foods and seeds which are Read more »
