BREAKING NEWS:East Africa: Horn of Africa Faces Most Severe Drought in More Than Two Generations - UNICEF
Search Countries Topics Coronavirus Development BizTech Entertainment Sport Africa/World Governance Multimedia Sustainability By AllAfrica News Sources Media Kit Who We Are Contact Us Donate Toggle navigation AllAfrica My Account English (current) En Français East Africa: Horn of Africa Faces Most Severe Drought in More Than Two Generations - UNICEF Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Flipboard LinkedIn Reddit Email Share Mohamed Dhaysane / VOA Residents and makeshift shelters at a relief camp in Baidoa, Somalia, on August 25, 2022. 22 DECEMBER 2022 UN News Service The number of children suffering from dire drought conditions across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more than doubled in five months, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday. Around 20.2 million children are under threat of severe hunger, thirst and disease - compared to 10 million in July - as climate change, conflict, global inflation and grain shortages devastate the region. "While collective and accelerated ef