Explainer – How Ethiopia’s quarrel with Somalia could destabilise Horn of Africa
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Ethiopia’s deal to lease a port in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has infuriated the government in Mogadishu and prompted concern it will further destabilise the Horn of Africa region. Under a memorandum of understanding signed on 1st January, landlocked Ethiopia would lease 20 kilometres around Somaliland’s port of Berbera for 50 […]
UN gets $US2.4 billion in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts
United NationsReuters The United Nations received pledges of $US2.4 billion on Wednesday to help fund aid operations for some 32 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, but the donations fell short of what the UN was seeking as it warned against a possible “catastrophe.” The UN has appealed for more than $US7 billion for […]
Children dying in Somalia as food catastrophe worsens
Mogadishu, MozambiqueReuters More than 200,000 Somalis are suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger, with that number set to rise to over 700,000 next year, according to an analysis by an alliance of UN agencies and aid groups. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), which sets the global standard for determining […]
Essay: We built an algorithm to predict how climate change will affect future conflict in the Horn of Africa – here’s what we found
In an article first published on The Conversation, Netherlands-based researchers JANNIS HOCH, NIKO WANDERS and SOPHIE DE BRUIN look at the role climate change may play in causing conflicts in the Horn of Africa in the future…
“Widen gaze from Ukraine” to avert famine in Somalia, UN agency warns
London, UKReuters The world must “widen its gaze from the war in Ukraine” to prevent Somalia sliding into famine, the United Nations’ children’s agency said on Tuesday, warning only a third of the $US250 million needed to stave off catastrophe had so far been raised. Four consecutive rainy seasons have failed in the Horn of […]
Drought threatens starvation in Horn of Africa, UN, agencies say
London, UKReuters Millions of people face severe hunger in the Horn of Africa as the worst drought in more than 40 years could extend to a fifth consecutive failed rainy season, the United Nations and humanitarian agencies warned on Tuesday. The March-May rainy season appears likely to be the driest on record, devastating livelihoods and […]
Two million children at risk of starvation in Horn of Africa – UN aid chief
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday that close to 2 million children are at risk of starving to death as the Horn of Africa faces one of its worst droughts in decades. Parts of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are suffering their driest conditions in more than 40 years and aid agencies […]
Millions facing severe hunger in Horn of Africa – UN food agency
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The UN World Food Programme said on Tuesday that 13 million people across the Horn of Africa face severe hunger, calling for immediate assistance to avoid a repeat of a famine a decade ago that killed hundreds of thousands of people. Three failed rainy seasons have created the driest conditions since the 1980s, […]
The Long Read: The children who run away to work – Ethiopia’s hidden weavers
EMELINE WUILBERCQ and YARED TSEGAYE, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the ongoing issue of child labour in Ethiopia’s weaving industry…
Act now to avert disaster in drought-hit East Africa, aid agencies say
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation East Africa could suffer a repeat of a 2011 famine that killed hundreds of thousands of people unless foreign donors stump up funds to help drought-hit communities in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia now, aid agencies warned on Thursday. More than 15 million people across the Horn of Africa are struggling to […]