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The program indicated that "reservation Rainfall For the fourth consecutive season" Since the end of 2020, it has exacerbated the worst drought in 40 years, killing millions of livestock, destroying crops and plunging areas in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia into famine-like conditions.
More than a million people have left their homes in search of water and food.
At the beginning of the year, warn World Food Program From that 13 million people in Horn of Africa Suffer severe food insecurity due to Drought.
By the middle of the year, after The war in Ukraine Which captured the attention of international donors andFood price hike And fuel, this number rose to 20 million, according to the program.
In a statement, the World Food Program said: "Now, the number is expected to rise again to at least 22 million people by September".
The statement continued "This number will continue to rise, and hunger will worsen if, from October to December, the rains do not fall and the most vulnerable people do not receive humanitarian assistance.".
He stressed that famine constitutes "Now a grave danger, especially in Somalia".
The statement quoted Executive Director of the World Food Program David Beasley as saying "There appears to be no end in sight to this drought crisis, so we must get the resources needed to save lives and prevent people from slipping into catastrophic levels of poverty. Hunger and starvation".
added paisley "The world must act now to protect the most vulnerable communities from the threat of spread Famine in the Horn of Africa".
The World Food Program stressed that it urgently needs $418 million over the next six months to meet these growing needs.
Last month, the United States pledged $1.2 billion in food aid to help avert famine in the Horn of Africa and urged other countries, including China, to do more to tackle food crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.
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The program indicated that “the invisibility of Rainfall For the fourth consecutive season” since the end of the year 2020, it has exacerbated the worst drought in 40 years, led to the death of millions of livestock, destroyed crops and plunged areas in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia into famine-like conditions.
More than a million people have left their homes in search of water and food.
At the beginning of the year, warn World Food Program From that 13 million people in Horn of Africa Suffer severe food insecurity due to Drought.
By the middle of the year, after The war in Ukraine Which captured the attention of international donors andFood price hike And fuel, this number rose to 20 million, according to the program.
“Now, the number is expected to rise again to at least 22 million people by September,” the World Food Program said in a statement.
“This number will continue to rise, and hunger will worsen if the rains do not fall, from October to December, and the most vulnerable people do not receive humanitarian assistance,” the statement continued.
He stressed that famine “now poses a grave danger, especially in Somalia.”
“There does not appear to be an end in sight to this drought crisis, so we must get the resources needed to save lives and prevent people from sliding into catastrophic levels of poverty,” WFP Executive Director David Beasley said in the statement. Hunger and starvation“.
“The world must act now to protect the most vulnerable communities from the threat of proliferation,” Beasley added Famine in the Horn of Africa“.
The World Food Program stressed that it urgently needs $418 million over the next six months to meet these growing needs.
Last month, the United States pledged $1.2 billion in food aid to help avert famine in the Horn of Africa and urged other countries, including China, to do more to tackle food crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.