Comedian Tommy Tiernan has returned from Somalia where he witnessed the devastating humanitarian disaster unfolding there and in the Horn of Africa
Trócaire has warned of a rapid deterioration in the food crisis in Somalia, saying the international community must not wait for famine to be declared to adequately respond.
Trócaire Country Director Manager for Somalia, Paul Healy, said the situation is the worst in living memory, with the number of people experiencing acute hunger already surpassing the number affected in the famine of 2011, when more than a quarter of a million people died. One in six people in the East African country are now facing extreme hunger. One person is now thought to be dying in the region every 36 seconds.
