‘Only God can help': Hundreds die as Somalia faces famine
2 years, 7 months ago

‘Only God can help': Hundreds die as Somalia faces famine

Associated Press  

MOGADISHU, Somalia — No mother should have to lose her child. More broadly, at least 448 people died this year at outpatient and in-patient malnutrition treatment centers across Somalia through April, according to data compiled by humanitarian groups and local authorities. Mortality surveys conducted in parts of Somalia in December and again in April and May by the U.N.’s Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit showed a “severe and rapid deterioration within a very short time frame.” Most alarming was the Bay region in the south, where adult mortality nearly tripled, child mortality more than doubled and the rate of the most severe malnutrition tripled. Deaths and acute malnutrition have reached “atypically high levels” in much of southern and central Somalia, and admissions of acutely malnourished children under 5 have risen by over 40% compared to the same period last year, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network. More than 200,000 people in Somalia face “catastrophic hunger and starvation, a drastic increase from the 81,000 forecast in April,” a joint statement by U.N. agencies said Monday, noting that a humanitarian response plan for this year is just 18% funded.

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World paid little attention to Sudan’s war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger
8 months, 4 weeks ago

World paid little attention to Sudan’s war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger

Associated Press  

CAIRO — On a clear night a year ago, a dozen heavily armed fighters broke into Omaima Farouq’s house in an upscale neighborhood in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. Sudan has been torn by war for a year now, ever since simmering tensions between its military and the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into street clashes in the capital …

World paid little attention to Sudan's war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger
8 months, 4 weeks ago

World paid little attention to Sudan's war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Sudan has been torn by war for a year …

UNICEF says 700,000 children in Sudan face life-threatening malnutrition
11 months ago

UNICEF says 700,000 children in Sudan face life-threatening malnutrition

Al Jazeera  

As the war continues, the UN agency warns tens of thousands of children will ‘likely die’ without more aid. At least 700,000 children in Sudan are likely to suffer from the worst form of malnutrition this year, and tens of thousands could die, the United Nations children’s agency has warned. “The consequences of the past 300 days means that more …

About 13 children die each day at a camp in Sudan for displaced people, medical charity MSF says
11 months ago

About 13 children die each day at a camp in Sudan for displaced people, medical charity MSF says

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Thirteen children are dying each day of severe malnutrition at the Zamzam camp in Sudan’s northern Darfur as a consequence of the 10-month war in their country, a medical charity said Monday. However, since war broke out between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces in April 2023, camp residents have been cut off from vital humanitarian aid and …

40 people dead in Kenya and Somalia as heavy rains and flash floods displace thousands
1 year, 2 months ago

40 people dead in Kenya and Somalia as heavy rains and flash floods displace thousands

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Heavy rains and flash flooding have killed at least 40 people and displaced tens of thousands in Kenya and Somalia, aid agencies reported Monday. In neighboring Kenya, the Kenya Red Cross said the death toll had risen to 15 since the heavy rains began Friday, with the port city of Mombasa and the northeastern counties of Mandera …

Researchers have verified 1,329 hunger deaths in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since the cease-fire there
1 year, 3 months ago

Researchers have verified 1,329 hunger deaths in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since the cease-fire there

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Researchers say they have verified 1,329 deaths from hunger in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region since a cease-fire ended a two-year conflict there in November. Tigray in total has 88 subdistricts and 643 displacement camps, so the number of hunger deaths across the region is almost certainly far higher. The study’s findings are described in a document seen …

Aid group raises alarm over rising malnutrition in refugee camps in northern Kenya
1 year, 6 months ago

Aid group raises alarm over rising malnutrition in refugee camps in northern Kenya

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — A humanitarian group has raised alarm over rising malnutrition in refugee camps in northern Kenya. The group said the number of patients admitted to camp hospitals for malnutrition rose by almost 95% in May from the previous month at the Hagadera camp inside the Dadaab complex, which mostly hosts people from neighboring Somalia. “Our team on the …

UN says Somalia faces a `dire hunger emergency’ but aid has been cut over lack of funding
1 year, 6 months ago

UN says Somalia faces a `dire hunger emergency’ but aid has been cut over lack of funding

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Somalia’s “dire hunger emergency” is spiraling upward with one-third of the population expected to face crisis or worse levels of food needs, but the U.N. has been forced to drastically cut food assistance because of a lack of funding, the head of the World Food Program said Thursday. Cindy McCain told the U.N. Security Council the latest …

In Somalia, the rains have come but the crisis is far from over
1 year, 7 months ago

In Somalia, the rains have come but the crisis is far from over

Al Jazeera  

The international community needs to provide more humanitarian assistance and long-term climate financing to ensure the wellbeing of Somalia’s children. With five failed rainy seasons in a row severely impacting agricultural production, the United Nations estimates that at least 43.3 million people across the region require life-sustaining assistance, including 8.25 million in Somalia. We need urgent funding to continue providing …

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming
1 year, 8 months ago

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming

China Daily  

Men sit in a shade as they take care of their goats in the Dadaab refugee camp, one of Africa's largest refugee camps in Kenya, on March 23, 2023. According to the global report on food crises launched on Wednesday by the Food Security Information Network - an initiative mandated with the strengthening of food and nutrition security information system …

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming
1 year, 8 months ago

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming

China Daily  

Men sit in a shade as they take care of their goats in the Dadaab refugee camp, one of Africa's largest refugee camps in Kenya, on March 23, 2023. According to the global report on food crises launched on Wednesday by the Food Security Information Network - an initiative mandated with the strengthening of food and nutrition security information system …

In southern Ethiopia, drought kills livestock and brings hunger
1 year, 9 months ago

In southern Ethiopia, drought kills livestock and brings hunger

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 12 million people, a 10th of the population, are at risk of famine in Ethiopia’s drought-affected areas. Nearly 12 million people, a 10th of the population, are estimated to be food insecure in Ethiopia’s drought-affected areas, according to the United Nations, which defines insecurity as a lack of regular access to the safe and nutritious food needed for growth, …

Somalia Drought Could Lead to 135 Deaths a Day: UN Study
1 year, 9 months ago

Somalia Drought Could Lead to 135 Deaths a Day: UN Study

News 18  

The record drought sweeping the Horn of Africa may lead to 135 deaths a day in Somalia between January and June this year, the health ministry, WHO and UNICEF said in a study released Monday. Monday’s study used a statistical model to estimate that up to 135 Somalis could lose their lives to drought-related causes every day during the first …

Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year
1 year, 9 months ago

Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid Somalia’s longest drought on record last year and half of them likely were children under 5 years old. “The current crisis is far from over,” says the report released Monday by the World Health Organization and the United Nations children’s agency and carried out by the London …

Nearly half children among over 40,000 dead in Somalia drought last year
1 year, 9 months ago

Nearly half children among over 40,000 dead in Somalia drought last year

Hindustan Times  

A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children. “The current crisis is far from over,” says the report released Monday by the World Health Organization and the United Nations children’s agency and carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical …

Somalia drought may have killed 43,000 in 2022, half under 5: UN
1 year, 9 months ago

Somalia drought may have killed 43,000 in 2022, half under 5: UN

Al Jazeera  

After five consecutive failed rainy seasons, rate of fatalities could rise in first half of 2023, research finds. Somalia’s ongoing record drought may have killed as many as 43,000 people last year, and half of them were children under the age of five, according to a report released by the government and United Nations agencies. “These results present a grim …

An estimated 43,000 people died in Somalia drought last year, U.N. report says
1 year, 9 months ago

An estimated 43,000 people died in Somalia drought last year, U.N. report says

LA Times  

People arrive at a camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia. A United Nations report estimates that 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year, half of whom were probably children. The U.N. and partners earlier this year said they were no longer forecasting a formal famine declaration for Somalia for now …

Somalia drought ‘extremely critical’ but no famine projected
1 year, 10 months ago

Somalia drought ‘extremely critical’ but no famine projected

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Food security experts say life remains “extremely critical” for more than 6 million hungry people in Somalia’s historic drought, but they no longer project famine for the worst-hit population of nearly a quarter-million people between April and June. The assessment only slightly eases the warnings of acute food insecurity as the Horn of Africa faces the possibility …

US urges donors to give far more as Somalia faces famine
1 year, 11 months ago

US urges donors to give far more as Somalia faces famine

Associated Press  

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The first U.S. Cabinet member to visit Somalia since 2015 urged the world’s distracted donors Sunday to give immediate help to a country facing deadly famine, which she calls “the ultimate failure of the international community.” The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, heard perhaps the starkest warning yet about the crisis: Excess deaths during …

US urges donors to give far more as Somalia faces famine
1 year, 11 months ago

US urges donors to give far more as Somalia faces famine

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Cabinet member to visit Somalia since 2015 urged the …

Concern grows over a food crisis and potential famine in Somalia
2 years ago

Concern grows over a food crisis and potential famine in Somalia

NPR  

Concern grows over a food crisis and potential famine in Somalia ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In East Africa, there's growing concern that a food crisis could lead to famine in Somalia. Adding to the complexity of the food crisis in Somalia, the militant Islamist group al-Shabaab has banned international relief agencies or the government from distributing food aid in the areas …

Famine averted but situation ‘catastrophic’ in Somalia: UN
2 years ago

Famine averted but situation ‘catastrophic’ in Somalia: UN

Al Jazeera  

If aid is not scaled up, famine is expected in southern Somalia between April and June 2023, humanitarians say. The report said more than 8 million people face “an unprecedented level of need” after five consecutive failed rainy seasons and “exceptionally high” food prices. “The underlying crisis has not improved.” The report indicated surging numbers of people at the highest …

Somalia not yet in famine but still in danger, report says
2 years ago

Somalia not yet in famine but still in danger, report says

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia has not yet fallen into famine but several parts of the country are in danger of it in the coming months, according to a new food security report on the Horn of Africa’s worst drought in decades. The report says the “most likely scenario” will see more than 700,000 people in famine between April and June …

Somalia battles hunger as it braces for famine during a prolonged drought
2 years ago

Somalia battles hunger as it braces for famine during a prolonged drought

NPR  

Somalia battles hunger as it braces for famine during a prolonged drought Enlarge this image toggle caption Luke Dray for NPR Luke Dray for NPR MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia typically gets two rainy seasons per year. The United Nations warns that next year, nearly half of Somalia's population could be in what it labels a "critical food crisis," with full-on …

Food crisis in Somalia claims young lives
2 years, 1 month ago

Food crisis in Somalia claims young lives

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 23, 2022 16:36 IST Oxygen machines beep and people whisper at the intensive care unit of Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital. “We have half a million children that are severely acutely malnourished, which means that if they don’t receive timely assistance they are just simply going to die,” says Wafaa Saeed, the UNICEF representative for Somalia. …

Somalia is on the brink of famine, with children dying of malnutrition and hundreds of thousands of families displaced
2 years, 2 months ago

Somalia is on the brink of famine, with children dying of malnutrition and hundreds of thousands of families displaced

ABC  

Kadjiay Moalim Mayow trudged through the dawn with her four children in tow, her knotted stomach driving her feet mechanically underneath. On the precipice of famine, Somalia is already in dire straits "I've never seen anything like it," says Paul Healy from the Irish charity Trocaire, which runs several healthcare clinics in the southern Gedo region. "The number of children …

Somalia faces worst famine in half a century, UN warns
2 years, 2 months ago

Somalia faces worst famine in half a century, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

UN says a child is being admitted for medical treatment for malnutrition every minute in Somalia as drought worsens. Somalia faces famine on a scale last seen half a century ago, the United Nations has said as it set a new target of more than $2bn in funding needs. “Things are bad and every sign indicates that they are going …

EXPLAINER: A look at famine and its toll as Somalia at risk
2 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: A look at famine and its toll as Somalia at risk

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Within weeks, a famine could …

EXPLAINER: A look at famine and its toll as Somalia at risk
2 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: A look at famine and its toll as Somalia at risk

Associated Press  

DOLLOW, Somalia — Within weeks, a famine could be declared in Somalia, affecting more than 850,000 people in two of the country’s worst drought-affected areas plus thousands of people in displacement camps. Formal famine declarations by the United Nations and partners, including food security experts, are rare because data to meet the benchmarks often cannot be obtained because of conflict, …

‘So many children dying’: Catastrophic drought in Somalia brings threat of famine
2 years, 3 months ago

‘So many children dying’: Catastrophic drought in Somalia brings threat of famine

LA Times  

A woman and her children carry water at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Sept. 20. A rare famine declaration could be made as soon as this month, the first significant one anywhere in the world since Somalia’s famine in 2011. “We’d bury them beside the road.” She holds her naked 1-year-old in front …

Drought and hunger in Somalia, Ethiopia and region: What to know
2 years, 4 months ago

Drought and hunger in Somalia, Ethiopia and region: What to know

Al Jazeera  

Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are facing food shortages due to the worst drought in 40 years and rising global food costs. Millions of people are facing food insecurity, as scientists and aid groups warned that Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia could be experiencing their worst drought in 40 years this October-December with drier-than-average conditions predicted. Last month, …

More than 700 children have died in Somalia nutrition centres: UN
2 years, 4 months ago

More than 700 children have died in Somalia nutrition centres: UN

Al Jazeera  

The Horn of Africa is on track for a fifth-consecutive failed rainy season and UNICEF has warned of a coming famine in parts of Somalia. Hundreds of children have already died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the United Nations children’s agency said on Tuesday, a day after it warned that parts of Somalia will be hit by famine in the …

UN says part of Somalia will reach famine later this year
2 years, 4 months ago

UN says part of Somalia will reach famine later this year

Associated Press  

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The United Nations says “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indications” famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. “I couldn’t get out of my head the tiny mounds of ground marking children’s graves,” UNICEF’s deputy regional director Rania Dagash said last week. And so many people were arriving each day.” …

UN humanitarian chief says ‘famine at the door’ in Somalia
2 years, 4 months ago

UN humanitarian chief says ‘famine at the door’ in Somalia

Al Jazeera  

At least 1 million people in Somalia have been displaced by the worst drought in decades, driven by climate change. The UN humanitarian chief has warned that parts of Somalia are on the brink of famine after being hit by four failed rainy seasons that have caused a devastating drought. In a statement on Monday, Martin Griffiths, head of the …

East Africa bloc says 50 million face acute food insecurity
2 years, 5 months ago

East Africa bloc says 50 million face acute food insecurity

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — More than 50 million people across the East African region are expected to face acute food insecurity this year, a regional bloc said Friday, warning that some 300,000 in Somalia and South Sudan are projected to be under full-blown famine conditions. In addition to immediate humanitarian aid, the international community must sustain investment in global agriculture and …

Ukraine’s shadow: Deadly crises like Somalia starved of aid
2 years, 6 months ago

Ukraine’s shadow: Deadly crises like Somalia starved of aid

Associated Press  

MOGADISHU, Somalia — More than two dozen children have died of hunger in the past two months in a single hospital in Somalia. And now, as Somalis fleeing the drought fill more than 500 camps in the city of Baidoa, aid workers make “horrific” choices to help one camp and ignore 10 others, Norwegian Refugee Council Secretary General Jan Egeland …

35 children die in Ethiopia’s Afar amid drought, conflict
2 years, 7 months ago

35 children die in Ethiopia’s Afar amid drought, conflict

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — At least 35 children have died in recent weeks due to drought and conflict in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region, according to a local hospital and the medical charity Doctors Without Borders. Fitsum Assefa, Ethiopia’s minister of planning and development, told cabinet members on Monday that 7.4 million people in the South, Oromia and Somali regions need food …

'Only God can help': Hundreds die as Somalia faces famine
2 years, 7 months ago

'Only God can help': Hundreds die as Somalia faces famine

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. More broadly, at least 448 …

UN humanitarian official urges attention to drought in Kenya
2 years, 7 months ago

UN humanitarian official urges attention to drought in Kenya

Associated Press  

TURKANA, Kenya — A top United Nations humanitarian official has raised concern about people going hungry in a remote part of northern Kenya, joining calls for the international community to commit more resources to address the wider region’s drought crisis. “And the world’s misery has not left Turkana, and the world’s rains have not come to Turkana, and we’ve seen …

Explained | How grave is the drought emergency in Somalia?
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained | How grave is the drought emergency in Somalia?

The Hindu  

Rains in Somalia have ‘faltered’ for three consecutive seasons, with some areas experiencing it on as many as four occasions till date. As per the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit’s estimates, 4.1 million people in Somalia would require urgent humanitarian assistance between February and June 2022. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification’s latest report says persistent insecurity, conflict, and …

Fleeing drought, hunger, thousands trek to Somalia’s capital
2 years, 10 months ago

Fleeing drought, hunger, thousands trek to Somalia’s capital

Associated Press  

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Sitting under the hot sun, hungry women and children await food aid in a camp on the outskirts of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Somalia’s government in November declared a state of humanitarian emergency due to the drought, with the worst affected parts including the south-central areas of Lower Jubba, Geddo and Lower Shabelle regions. “The impact on families …

Somalia may be on the verge of another famine
3 years ago

Somalia may be on the verge of another famine

Al Jazeera  

In July 2011, the United Nations declared a famine in Somalia which attracted the attention of major news outlets across the globe. While the UN’s announcement helped mobilise people and governments across the world, the international community perceived it as having come too late, leading to a delayed scaling up of humanitarian assistance. In November, a widely respected Nairobi-based religious …

‘I just cry': Dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray
3 years, 3 months ago

‘I just cry': Dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — In parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, people now eat only green leaves for days. Now internal documents and witness accounts reveal the first starvation deaths since Ethiopia’s government in June imposed what the U.N. calls “a de facto humanitarian aid blockade.” Forced starvation is the latest chapter in a conflict where ethnic Tigrayans have been massacred, gang-raped …

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