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          From hunger to hope: Improving nutrition for refugees in Ethiopia

          Nyayany Boh holds a handful of seeds. She is part of the Concern Worldwide supplementary feeding programme in Gambella, Ethiopia. Photo: Jennifer Nolan
          Nyayany Boh holds a handful of seeds. She is part of the Concern Worldwide supplementary feeding programme in Gambella, Ethiopia. Photo: Jennifer Nolan
          News14 December 2017Clare Ahern

          Since 2013, over two million people have been forced to flee South Sudan to escape a brutal civil conflict. Concern is providing nutrition support to refugees in the Gambella region of Ethiopia.

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          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.
          A farmer's son raises his arms as he is surrounded by desert locusts while trying to chase them away from his crops, in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya. Credit: Ben Curtis/AP/Shutterstock
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          21 February 2020

          How massive locust swarms are devastating millions in East Africa

          Massive swarms of desert locusts are devouring crops across east Africa, fueling fears of a major food crisis.
          People gather with jerrycans and other containers to collect water from a tanker cistern in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip

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