More than twenty million children suffering in the Horn of Africa as drought intensifies UN children’s agency warns of funding shortfall as the region faces an unprecedented fifth consecutive failed rainy season and poor outlook for the sixth.
Children suffering dire drought across parts of Africa are ‘one disease away from catastrophe’ – warns UNICEF The number of drought-hit people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia without reliable access to safe water has risen from 9.5 million to 16.2 million in the space of five months, meanwhile children in the Sahel also facing extremely high levels of water vulnerability.
UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing note on the crisis in the Horn of Africa, as well as the impact of Tropical Storm Ana and Cyclone Batsirai on children and communities Summary of what was said by UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern & Southern Africa Mohamed M Fall at February 8, 2022 press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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