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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lizzy Davies

Drought likely to push parts of Somalia into famine by end of year, warns UN

Children sit on water bottles waiting to be filled among tents in a displacement camp for people impacted by drought in Baidoa, Somalia.
Children sit on water bottles waiting to be filled among tents in a displacement camp for people hit by drought in Baidoa, Somalia. Photograph: Ed Ram/Getty

Two areas of Somalia are likely to enter a state of famine later this year as the country battles an unrelenting drought and flare-ups of conflict, the UN humanitarian chief has warned.

Martin Griffiths said the latest UN food insecurity analysis had found “concrete indications” that famine would occur in the Baidoa and Burhakaba districts of south-central Somalia between October and December unless aid efforts were significantly stepped up.

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