DROUGHT
Somalia and Kenya | 2022
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East Africa is in the middle of a years-long drought – with Somalia one of the worst affected nations.
The United Nations is warning that the country risks famine should global food prices continue to rise.
As the drought rages on – it’s children many are worried about. The UN estimates 1.4 million children in Somalia will suffer from malnutrition this year.
Some of the most severe cases are brought Banadir Hospital in the capital Mogadishu for treatment, but when the BBC visited, every bed in the specialist ward was already taken leaving no room for new arrivals.
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Produced by Alexandra Ostasiewicz. Reported by Catherine Byaruhanga. Camera and editing by Phil Davies. Additional filmming in Mogadishu by Alexandra Ostasiewicz.
Sequence filmed and edited by Alexandra Ostasiewicz.
Photos from Turkana in the north of Kenya, where the drought is also causing havoc.
