63 million people are food insecure in the Horn of Africa
Approximately 63 million people in the Horn of Africa are severely food insecure, while 11 million children are malnourished and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
Approximately 63 million people in the Horn of Africa are severely food insecure, while 11 million children are malnourished and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
This is contained in the report yesterday Thursday by the Intergovernmental Development Association (IGAD) issued in Nairobi, Kenya, which stated that conflicts, climate change, inflation and large debts have increased hunger and malnutrition among the residents of the region.
The Executive Secretary of IGAD, Workneh Gebeyehu said during the online launch of the report that: "These figures show that there is a humanitarian crisis in our region where the bad weather and the economic crisis are causing high levels of food shortages and thus putting them in danger the lives of millions of people."
Gebeyehu has asked the seven member countries of IGAD, which are Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, to strengthen local communities that are facing food and water shortages caused by the weather.
The ongoing effects of the AIDS-19 pandemic, five consecutive seasons of rain shortages, El-Nino-related floods and internal fighting and conflict have exacerbated the hunger crisis in much of the Horn of Africa.
