Video since the end of 2020, the south of Ethiopia is struck by a drought with the harmful consequences for the families of the Somalis nomads.
by (with AFP)
Almost no drop of rain for eighteen months. In the village of Harguudo, located in the Somali region, in Ethiopia, the families of nomads have lost most of their cattle. “There is no longer any animal that remains, says Abdi Kabe Adan, victim of drought. I saw goats eating their own excrement and camels eating other camels. This is something that I do not I have never seen in my whole life. “
The UN estimates that in Ethiopia between 5 % to 6 % of the population, or 5.5 million and 6.5 million people, are in a serious food insecurity due to drought. This humanitarian disaster is added to that caused by the conflict in the Tiger region, in the north of the country. In its latest report, the IPCC believes that the frequency of droughts has doubled in East Africa since 2005.