Sky News • 2023-03-20

Somalia drought: UN estimates 43,000 deaths last year as 500,000 children likely to be malnourished

Consecutive failed rainy seasons have left the country facing a hunger crisis that could spill over into famine - risking a repeat of 2011 which saw quarter of a million deaths.

CBS • 2023-03-20

Somalia drought blamed for some 43,000 deaths, half of them children, as climate change and conflict collide

The war in Ukraine and a fight against domestic terrorists have worsened the nightmare in the east African nation, and the "crisis is far from over."

AP • 2023-03-20

Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children.

Los Angeles Times • 2023-03-20

An estimated 43,000 people died in Somalia drought last year, U.N. report says

A new United Nations report says 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year, half of whom were probably children.