UN Report says 350,000 children could die from Hunger in Somalia

Somalia is one of three countries in the Horn of Africa along with Ethiopia and Kenya where 23 million people are facing crisis levels of hunger – 4.6 times the population of Ireland.

The United Nations has predicted that 350,000 children in Somalia could die from hunger by the end of the summer. Further delayed rains have exacerbated what was already the worst drought in four decades.

The organization said that we are seeing the direct impact of the climate crisis play out in real time and these countries are not receiving the global attention they need.

Drought is not uncommon in the Horn of Africa, but it has now experienced four successive failed rainy seasons.The March-May season this year is predicted to be the driest on record representing the most severe drought in 40 years, attributed to the global climate crisis.