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Saturday, 20 November 2021 (YJC)_ A spokesman for the UN secretary-general said Somalia was at the forefront of climate change, with more than 70 percent of Somalis living below the poverty line.
Somalia has experienced more than 30 weather events since 1990, including 12 droughts and 19 floods, said Stephen Dujarric.
The UN official said that nearly 2.3 million people, or 18 percent of the country's population, are severely affected by severe water, food and pasture shortages and are at risk of contracting water-borne diseases due to lack of Access to safe drinking water is increasing.
He said:
Nearly 100,000 people have fled their homes, especially in central and southern Somalia, in search of food, water and pasture for livestock.
"More than 70 percent of all Somalis live below the poverty line," Dujarric said.
The number of people in need of assistance and protection in Somalia is projected to increase by 30 percent by 2022, from 5.9 million to 7.7 million today.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2.3 million Somalis are currently struggling with severe water and food shortages, and this is likely to be the fourth consecutive season of low rainfall that exacerbates the situation. Rapid drought in Somalia has raised concerns.
According to the United Nations, approximately 2.3 million people in 57 of the country's 74 regions face severe water, food and pasture shortages as water supplies and wells dry up.
A UN spokesman on the situation in the Congo also said that David McLaclan, the humanitarian aid co-ordinator for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, carried out a deadly November 11 attack on the village of Kisunga in the Beni district of northern Kyiv on November 11 that killed 35 people and 4,000. People were displaced, strongly condemned.
He added that more than 798,000 people had been displaced in the Bani area alone, and that despite the clashes, rescuers had provided assistance to 458,000 people.
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