UN warns of Somalis on the brink of starvation | News

On Sunday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced that at least 7 million people are on the verge of starvation in Somalia, due to the drought plaguing the African country.

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Data shared by the United Nations reflects that drought in Somalia has affected the displacement of 918,000 people who have been forced to seek other basic livelihoods.

On the other hand, the multilateral organization highlights that nearly half of the population (about 8 million people) need humanitarian assistance, emphasizing that 17 provinces are facing the reality of possible famine.

The United Nations recognizes that children suffer the most from this reality with one and a half million suffering from acute malnutrition, and one in eight children in the country dies before reaching the age of five.

The international organization considered that “without increasing aid, the drought will lead to mass displacement accompanied by infectious diseases and human rights violations in the country.”

Similarly, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that tens of millions of people have little water to meet their basic needs, and that 20 million in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya face acute food insecurity.

In June 2022, 112,448 people were displaced due to drought, an increase of 231 percent compared to May 2021, according to the Protection and Return Monitoring Network (PRMN) report.