‘We are not out of the woods yet’ on drought relief efforts, warns top UN aid official in Somalia
“At the same time, we talked about the remaining challenges because we are not out of the woods yet by any stretch of the imagination,” he added.
Speaking on the collective response so far to the drought that has affected Puntland and the rest of
He added that, in areas like Sool and Sanaag, there are still massive needs and a strong possibility that famine-type conditions would develop. The two areas, located on the north-eastern tip of the
Mitigating the effects of the drought and helping the people who have been displaced by it was one of the main topics covered in the
At the end of the visit, which included discussions at the ministries of security and planning, together with Puntland's disaster management agency,
“We try to address the underlying causes of the crisis, like food insecurity and livestock depletion, and to think of alternatives for people to make a living and to rebuild their lives,” he said.
In 2017, drought-related famine was averted through the efforts of Somalis and their international partners. However, the risk is not yet overcome as there are 5.4 million people in
There is a resilience and recovery framework in
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