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DISPATCHES FROM SOMALIA : FARMERS AND FAMILIES DESCRIBE STRUGGLE AS DROUGHT DEEPENS  

Famine has come to Somalia. While there has been no official declaration, the UN’s humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, said last week: “I have no doubt that we are seeing famine on our watch in Somalia.” In an interview with Al Jazeera, he decried the injustice of the climate crisis-induced disaster. “Nobody in Somalia is responsible for the catastrophe – this fourth failed rainy season, this fifth and sixth to come.” Read more HERE

Published on 14/10/2022 @ 22h59   | |