Corresponding appeals have been going on for months – meanwhile, the ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa is endangering millions of lives. UNICEF warns that small children in particular are at risk of starvation.
According to UNICEF, more than half a million children in East African Somalia are suffering from acute, life-threatening malnutrition. According to current estimates, without further aid supplies, 513,550 children between the ages of six months and five years are at risk of starving to death in the coming weeks, UNICEF’s James Elder said at a press conference in Geneva.
According to Unicef, malnourished children are eleven times more likely to die from diseases such as diarrhea or measles. Both diseases have already occurred more frequently in children this year.
Last week, the United Nations warned of a dramatic imminent famine in Somalia. Between October and December, the regions of Baidoa and Burhakaba are expected to be affected by hunger.
Etienne Peterschmitt, representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Somalia, said that the situation in Somalia is developing in a similarly dramatic way to the famine in 2011.
According to the UN, the absence of four rainy seasons in a row and years of violence have hampered the supply of food to the population. The country on the Horn of Africa with around 16 million inhabitants has been shaken by attacks for years. The Islamist terrorist organization Al-Shabaab controls large parts of the south and central regions.
Source: Stern
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