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 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - An agency responsible for monitoring food availability in Somalia declared a humanitarian emergency Thursday, reporting that an extreme drought has left 1.75 million people in need of assistance.
The Food Security Analysis Unit Somalia, which works with U.N., U.S. and European aid groups, issued an advisory saying the crisis is particularly severe in southern Somalia, where an estimated 1.4 million people need urgent help, the advisory said.
Between 20 percent and 30 percent of the cattle in southern Somalia have died due to lack of food or water, the groups. The malnutrition rate in some areas has reached 25 percent of the population, the report said. A rate of 15 percent is considered an emergency.
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