Graphic: Famine on the Horn of Africa. Spiegel OnlineFamine in East Africa: A Catastrophe In The Making -- Spiegel Online
Aid workers have long been warning that a famine was approaching in East Africa. Now that it is here, they are struggling to feed millions of victims of what is said to be the worst drought since 1950. The situation is likely to get even worse.
For a long time they hoped that the rain would begin falling after all. Only after their last animal wasted away and died did Batulo Mahmud give up and head out with her family. For four days and four nights Batulo marched southwards together with her husband and five children through Somalia's arid steppe. They had nothing to eat and only a little water with them.
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More News On Somalia's Famine
US, UN warn of 'acute urgency' over Somalia famine -- AFP
Situation dire in East African refugee camps -- Al Jazeera
Somalia famine: UN to hold emergency meeting -- The Guardian
Famine in Somalia puts nearly four million people at risk of starvation as desperate citizens flee -- New York Daily News
Famine in Africa -- CBC
Aid groups ready to work in rebel-held Somali regions -- Daily Star
US 'to aid Islamist areas of famine-hit Somalia' -- BBC
Access to Al-Shabab-Dominated Somalia Difficult -- Voice of America
Somali rebels say famine label used for politics -- Reuters
Famine in the Horn of Africa -- Financial Times editorial
The famine forecast -- The Economist
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