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Special Envoy for Drought Urges More Support for Somalis Facing Drought

The recently appointed Special Envoy for Drought Response has asked more stakeholders to support Somalis hit hardest by the drought.

Special Envoy for Drought Response Abdirahman Abdishakur said this in a press release dated May 30.

Abdishakur recognized that the ongoing drought is the worst in Somalia in decades.

He mentioned that over 40 percent of the nation’s population now faces extreme levels of food insecurity.

Moreover, Abdishakur also mentioned the 330,000 children facing severe and acute malnutrition.

Consequently, he has appealed to local stakeholders and international partners to intervene fast to forestall what could be a humanitarian catastrophe in the country.