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Kenya seeks divine help to end crippling, ongoing drought

With the prospect of a sixth consecutive failed rainy season in the east and Horn of Africa, Kenya’s president is hoping the heavens will finally open with the help of a national day of mass prayer on Tuesday

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View In: Horn of Africa StarvationAnalysis in English on Somalia about Food and Nutrition, Safety and Security, Drought and Epidemic; published on 9 Dec 2022 by RI

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Climate Crisis Creates ‘Perfect Storm’ for New Outbreaks in Horn of Africa - BNN Bloomberg
Janice Kew
2 minutes

(Bloomberg) -- Disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the Horn of Africa are at the highest this century as large swathes of the region battle the worst drought in at least 40 years

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Climate crisis pummels Horn of Africa

Unless the community of nations scales up the international response to the climate change-induced food insecurity crisis in the Horn of Africa, millions of people in the drought stricken region will slip into even more desperate circumstances before the end of the year

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View In: Hunger and StarvationUNITED NATIONS (AP) — World hunger rose in 2021, with around 2.3 billion people facing moderate or severe difficulty obtaining enough to eat -- and that was before the Ukraine war, which has sparked increases in the cost of grain, fertilizer and energy, according to a U.N.

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Horn of Africa braces for ‘explosion of child deaths’ as hunger crisis deepens

To help communities resist ever more frequent droughts caused by climate change, UN teams and partners have had to dig even deeper wells than before, in some cases down to two kilometres.

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