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On 20 July 2011, the UN declared a famine in the Lower Shabelle and Bakool, two regions of southern Somalia. [15] On 3 August, famine was further declared in the Balcad and Cadale districts in Middle Shabelle as well as the IDP settlements in Mogadishu and Afgooye in response to data from the UN's food security and nutrition analysis unit.
2011–2012: Famine in Somalia, brought on by the 2011 East Africa drought [171] Somalia: 285,000: 2012: Famine in West Africa, brought on by the 2012 Sahel drought [172] Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso: 2014–2017 Fourteenth Kere: Madagascar: 2016–present
Business and economy Moody's cuts Greece's credit rating further to Ca on the grounds that a proposed debt swap is equivalent to a default. (BBC) Disasters 2011 Horn of Africa famine: The World Bank promises $500 million in aid to drought victims in East Africa as a United Nations agency hosts an emergency meeting aimed at fighting famine. (CBC News) International relations South Korea and the ...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Trends in a historic Horn of Africa drought are now worse than they were during the 2011 drought The post Horn of Africa drought trends said worse than in 2011 famine ...
Nearly 1.4 million children are at 'imminent risk' of death in famines in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, UNICEF said on Tuesday.
A mass grave for children fleeing drought and famine in Somalia in 2011. They perished from malnutrition on the way to or shortly after arriving to the refugee camp, 'Dadaab', in Kenya. In 2010-2011, Somalia, a country on the Horn of Africa, experienced the East African Drought, which led to mass livestock fatality, and poor crop harvests. [9]
The International Rescue Committee for the first time on Tuesday issued a "Crisis Alert" update to its annual "Emergency Watchlist" report, warning that millions of people across East Africa could ...
The Famine and Early Warning System Network issued a statement claiming that a food emergency in Malawi could occur by July 2012 and have a duration of nine months. [20] Furthermore, according to a study in The Journal of Modern African Studies, many of the lasting