What effects is the drought in Somalia having on its most vulnerable?
Experts are warning that more than 325,000 children in Somalia are at the risk of dying, if nothing is done
Somalia hasn鈥檛 seen enough rain for three consecutive seasons, and this has led to what experts are calling the worst drought in a decade.
They are also warning the worst is yet to come.
Hunger has been rife, as many Somalis have seen failed crops and thousands of their livestock, which many depend on for a living, dead.
Hundreds of thousands people have been displaced, and the most vulnerable in society are bearing the brunt of this crisis 鈥� more than one million children are said to be suffering from severe malnutrition.
Experts are warning that up to 325,000 children are at the risk of dying if nothing is done.
On today鈥檚 episode Mpho Lakaje is speaking to the 大象传媒鈥檚 reporter Mercy Juma who recently returned from Somalia鈥檚 worst hit areas. Mpho also has been speaking with Peter Ekayu, the deputy head of OCHA, (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) in Somalia about the effects the drought is having on Somalia鈥檚 most vulnerable people.
Presenter: Mpho Lakaje (@MphoLakaje)
Guests: Mercy Juma (@MercyJuma_) and Peter Ekayu
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