East Africa will need more help to stave off famine caused by climate change, warn aid workers
December is always dry in Somaliland. An average of just 1mm of rain falls in the East African country throughout these 31 days. But farmers and their families are used to the conditions at this time of year. It’s when the skies remain stubbornly empty in April, when the first wet season of the year is supposed to have arrived, that they realise they’re in trouble.
After enduring a three-year drought, the worst in living memory, they’re now being warned by climate analysts that further torment is on the unforgiving horizon next year as the effects of global warming continue to take hold.
Rains are forecast to be poor again, leading scientists with the Famine Early Warning Systems Network to warn that more than 35 million people across East Africa and Yemen are likely to require humanitarian assistance by May 2018. https://inews.co.uk/news/world/east-africa-drought-crisis-somaliland-famine-climate-change-2018/
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