In Somalia and Somaliland, drought is worsening multiple health crises

[Deeq A.]

Somalia and Somaliland are facing one of the worst droughts in decades after four consecutive poor rainy seasons. Failing crops and rising food prices, combined with ongoing insecurity and a massive invasion of locusts that swept across the Horn of Africa, have forced hundreds of thousands of people to move from rural areas and settle in urban centers in hopes of finding food, clean water, shelter, and health care. Many others have sought refuge in camps for internally displaced people, where there is a lack of toilets, hand washing stations, and clean drinking water.

Source: Hiiraan Online