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            East Africa's hunger crisis explained

            The carcasses of hundreds of dead sheep and goats litter the landscape in Somaliland, as pasture and water suplies disappear. Photo: Concern Worldwide.
            The carcasses of hundreds of dead sheep and goats litter the landscape in Somaliland, as pasture and water suplies disappear. Photo: Concern Worldwide.
            News6 April 2017Concern Worldwide

            Ten facts you should know about this growing humanitarian crisis.

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            Naima* (22) is married with two young daughters: Jamilah* who is 2 years and 8 months old, and Leyla* who is 6 months old. She and her daughters currently in Wadajir District, Banadir Region, after fleeing violence and drought at home. Photo: Eugene Ikua/Concern Worldwide
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            24 November 2025

            Conflict and hunger in Somalia

            Somalia’s hunger crisis is fuelled in large part by conflict. Here’s what you need to know — and how you can help. 
            A man uses a small bridge to cross a river in Mikemani village, Tana River County. Photo: Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance/Concern Worldwide
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            12 June 2023

            The long-awaited rains have arrived in the Horn of Africa, but the crisis is far from over

            East Africa is the epicentre of one of the world’s worst climate emergencies, having recently experienced one of the longest and most severe droughts on record. Yet, while rains have finally arrived, the humanitarian crisis is far from over.
            A river runs dry in the Horn of Africa
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            23 May 2023

            How the Horn of Africa crisis continues to endanger lives

            In Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, the worst drought conditions in more than 40 years continue to cause devastation for millions of vulnerable people.
            People gather with jerrycans and other containers to collect water from a tanker cistern in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip

            Gaza Crisis Appeal

            • 1.6 million people at crisis levels of hunger

            • 1 in 8 people are facing food shortages

            • 70,000 people have been killed

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