The Horn of Africa region is facing its driest conditions in decades after three consecutive rainy seasons failed.
Aid agencies say only a tiny fraction of the funds needed for food assistance has been raised, as the world focuses on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
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Further complicating the response is the political and security situation. The armed group al-Shabab has been stepping up attacks while the government’s been paralysed by a dispute between the president and prime minister.
The United Nations is warning more than half of Somalia’s people are at risk of severe hunger or starvation this year.
Presenter: Dareen Abughaida
Guests:
Mursal Mohamed Khaliif – Minister of planning and international cooperation in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Jubbaland
Hodan Ali – Nurse practitioner and senior adviser to the mayor of Mogadishu
Omar Mahmood – Senior Eastern Africa analyst at the International Crisis Group