Last year in Somaliahalf of them are young children under the age of 5 due to the ongoing drought, which is considered the longest on record in the Somali annals.

According to a report released on Monday, World Health Organization And UNICEFThe death toll in 2022 due to drought in Somalia was in the tens of thousands, but the problem persists as tens of thousands are estimated to die again in the African country this year, in the first half of 2023.

“The current crisis is far from over“, according to the corresponding report, according to which the death toll from drought in the first half of this year alone will be from 18 to 34 thousand people.

Somalia and its neighbors Ethiopia And Kenya are facing a problematic sixth consecutive rainy season as global food prices and war in Ukraine complicate it food crisis,” the Associated Press wrote in its article.

“…the crisis is exacerbated by rising food prices around the world. Somalia, meanwhile, is short on humanitarian aid as donors are given priority. Ukraine“, notes the Eurasia Network Gzero website in its article.

According to the Associated Press, Gzero