Tag: Médecins Sans Frontières

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“We haven’t had enough time between one disaster and another” says MSF doctor on situation in Somalia

A senior doctor with the with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Baidoa, Somalia has described the humanitarian situation in the country as catastrophic. Dr Asma Aweis Abdallah said the drought in the country- the worst in four decades has forced people to move from their homes to look…

health Hon of Africa News Somalia Somaliland 5 Min Read

Severe drought in Somalia and Somaliland is worsening multiple health crises

Somalia and Somaliland are facing one of the worst droughts in decades after four consecutive poor rainy seasons. Failing crops and rising food prices, combined with ongoing insecurity and a massive invasion of locusts that swept across the Horn of Africa, have forced hundreds of thousands of people to move…