More than a third of Somalis have been affected by severe drought conditions, which are beginning to threaten lives and agricultural activity, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.
“Some people are starting to die and the situation is turning into famine, urgent help is needed,” Abdirahman Abdulshakur Warsame, the presidential special envoy for drought treatment, told reporters in the capital, Mogadishu.
Warsame said the drought has also displaced nearly 700,000 people across the east African country.
He added that relief agencies operating in Somalia had applied for $1.4 billion for drought relief, but had so far received only $58 million from donors.
#Severe #drought #threatens #million #Somalis