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UN warns drought causes most serious emergency

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People are evacuated to avoid drought at a temporary camp in Werder, Ethiopia. Photo: AFP/VNA

“People in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia have experienced three consecutive seasons of low rainfall. The latest forecast suggests that rainfall from March to May will be moderate or below average,” the OCHA said. If there is little rain, the drought risks one of the most severe climate change emergencies of the past four decades in the Horn of Africa, with millions of people at risk, according to the Office. suffered severe water shortages and led to food shortages due to drought raging in the region.

According to OCHA, dry water sources throughout the region force people to walk to distant places to find water. This conflict over scarce resources increases the risk of violence and abuse against women and children.

Due to water scarcity, food insecurity in the region is at a record high, with between 13.1 million and 14.1 million in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia struggling, the office said. earn a living to have daily food. The OCHA said: “Prolonged drought will cause more than 5.7 million children to be severely malnourished in these three countries in 2022, of which 1.7 million will be severely malnourished.”

The agency’s humanitarian partners are ramping up the response and have assisted 1.6 million people in Somalia, over 2.7 million in Ethiopia and more than 830,000 in Kenya, according to OCHA. OCHA and its humanitarian partners are looking to raise $4.4 billion to provide essential assistance and protect an estimated 30 million people in these three countries this year.

OCHA urgently calls on the international community to step up support to humanitarian organizations working to respond to this drought in Africa.

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