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Headlines: July 11, 2011
Updates on the drought crisis in East Africa
East Africa drought: "Staff members have never seen such a crisis in their lifetime"
According to ACT members in the Horn of Africa, the impact of the drought is seen everywhere and ACT staff members have never seen such a crisis in their life time. Among the impact is the skyrocketing of food prices and maize grain, livestock dying in large numbers and a massive increase in the number of new arrivals each day in Dadaab camp on the Kenya Somalia border.More
Nothing left: “This is the last of my food. Green grams (pulses) and a few beans. I used to grow these myself but there has been no rainfall in eight years, so now I have to buy all food from the market. The prices keep going up. We only have enough food for one meal a day now, and that goes for all people in this area,” says Lucia Muvili Ngotho from Kalimbui village in Mwingi, north east Kenya. Photo: ACT Alliance
Q&A: How bad is the Horn of Africa
Many people seeing the adverts in newspapers and on TV will be wondering why it's happening all over again. And some might even ask themselves, just how bad is it? AlertNet has an overview.
Emergency situation in Ethiopia due to La Nina induced drought