'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 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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UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations
3 months, 4 weeks ago

UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations

The Independent  

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War and climate change are overwhelming Somalia
4 months ago

War and climate change are overwhelming Somalia

Hindustan Times  

AS THE SUN beats down on the dusty yellow soil and a cluster of tin shacks near the city of Galkayo, in central Somalia, mothers point to their children, looking on shyly. “If anyone doesn’t believe in climate change, this is clear testimony that it is happening,” says El-Khidir Daloum, the WFP’s country director for Somalia. “The Somali people didn’t …

UN and US say food is on its way to a famine-stricken camp in Sudan
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UN and US say food is on its way to a famine-stricken camp in Sudan

The Independent  

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WHO warns of food-borne diseases in Kenya amid flood crisis
8 months ago

WHO warns of food-borne diseases in Kenya amid flood crisis

China Daily  

NAIROBI -- The World Health Organization on Friday warned of a possible surge in food-borne diseases in Kenya due to the ongoing floods crisis. "There is a likelihood for increased illnesses associated with contaminated food diseases," WHO-Kenya said in an alert issued in Nairobi, Kenya's capital. More than 260 people have been killed and over 378,000 others displaced by floods …

Two million Kenyans in need of food assistance: report
8 months, 1 week ago

Two million Kenyans in need of food assistance: report

China Daily  

Residents gather at the scene of a search and rescue after heavy flash floods wiped out several homes following heavy rains in Kamuchiri Village of Mai Mahiu, Nakuru county, Kenya on April 30. NAIROBI -- About two million people in Kenya are in need of food assistance, a situation exacerbated by the ongoing heavy rains that have led to the …

Two million Kenyans in need of food assistance: report
8 months, 1 week ago

Two million Kenyans in need of food assistance: report

China Daily  

Residents gather at the scene of a search and rescue after heavy flash floods wiped out several homes following heavy rains in Kamuchiri Village of Mai Mahiu, Nakuru county, Kenya on April 30. NAIROBI -- About two million people in Kenya are in need of food assistance, a situation exacerbated by the ongoing heavy rains that have led to the …

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  

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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 …

Death toll from floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia rises to 130
1 year, 1 month ago

Death toll from floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia rises to 130

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 At least 130 people have …

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

Forty people killed in Kenya, Somalia as heavy rains and flash floods displace thousands

The Hindu  

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

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

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

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 Heavy rains and flash flooding …

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 …

Kenya cult starvation deaths reach 110 as preacher says 'Starve yourselves in order to meet Jesus'
1 year, 8 months ago

Kenya cult starvation deaths reach 110 as preacher says 'Starve yourselves in order to meet Jesus'

India TV News  

Kenya cult deaths: In a shocking incident, police exhumed at least 110 bodies near the coastal town of Kenya's Malindi after villagers complained against a preacher for practising a religious "cult" wherein people were lured to starve till death. According to the police, the preacher, Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, asked their followers to push themselves into starvation in order "to meet …

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  

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UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation
2 years ago

UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation

The Independent  

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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 …

The U.N. says parts of Somalia may experience famine within months
2 years ago

The U.N. says parts of Somalia may experience famine within months

NPR  

The U.N. says parts of Somalia may experience famine within months Somalia faces a major food crisis and the U.N. warns parts of the country could be in a full famine by April. MARTÍNEZ: NPR's Jason Beaubien is in the southern Somali city of Baidoa, which is one of the places that the U.N. warns could suffer a famine in …

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 …

UN: Almost 1 million drought-hit Somalis in al-Shabab areas
2 years, 2 months ago

UN: Almost 1 million drought-hit Somalis in al-Shabab areas

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations says close to 1 million drought-affected people in Somalia are in areas under the control or influence of the al-Shabab extremist group, and it appealed to the fighters to allow humanitarian access as famine threatens the country. The U.N. secretary-general’s special representative in Somalia, James Swan, told journalists Wednesday that the 900,000 people in …

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

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, …

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 …

‘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 …

A look at famine and its toll as Somalia faces rare, dire declaration
2 years, 3 months ago

A look at famine and its toll as Somalia faces rare, dire declaration

LA Times  

Within weeks, a famine could be declared in Somalia, affecting hundreds of thousands of people. 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 U.N. and partners, including food security experts, are rare because data …

Hunger now killing one person every four seconds, NGOs say
2 years, 3 months ago

Hunger now killing one person every four seconds, NGOs say

Al Jazeera  

In an open letter addressing world leaders, more than 200 NGOs urge decisive international action to ‘end the spiralling global hunger crisis’. One person is estimated to be dying of hunger every four seconds, more than 200 NGOs have warned, urging decisive international action to “end the spiralling global hunger crisis”. Pointing out that as many as 19,700 people are …

U.N. warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation
2 years, 3 months ago

U.N. warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation

The Hindu  

The U.N. food chief warned Thursday that the world is facing “a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude,” with up to 345 million people marching toward starvation — and 70 million pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine. “The hungry people of the world are counting on us, and … we must not let them down.” Mr. Griffiths said …

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 …

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