Many of the 13 million Africans at risk of starvation are children, 'who are at even greater risk due to one of the worst climate-induced emergencies of the past 40 years,' warns UNICEF's MohamedFall.
"Many of them are children," said one United Nations official,"who are at even greater risk due to one of the worst climate-induced emergencies of the past 40 years."Severe drought driven by the climate emergency has pushed 13 million people in the Horn of Africa to the brink of starvation, the United Nations World Food Program reported Tuesday.
Michael Dunford, WFP's regional director for Eastern Africa, warned that"harvests are ruined, livestock are dying, and hunger is growing as recurrent droughts affect the Horn of Africa. The situation requires immediate humanitarian action and consistent support to build the resilience of communities for the future.
Fall said that"the region cannot cope with yet another perfect storm" of the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, and conflict. "The needs are massive and urgent, and they are quickly outpacing the available funds to respond," he added."We need to act now to prevent a catastrophe."
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