INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC YOUTH LEAGUE,A FRICAN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
The Horn of Africa experiences two rainy seasons per year. The timing varies across the region, but rains broadly fall from March to May (the “long rains”) and from September to December. The delayed start and then failure of the March to May rains this year has been felt particularly in equatorial parts of the region, where the long rains contribute 70% of the annual total. The situation is unlikely to improve in the short term. Forecasts suggest that the September to December rainy season could also fail. This would set the stage for an unprecedented five-season drought. The ongoing humanitarian crisis caused by the drought raises
serious questions about future food and water security in the
Horn of Africa. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change report projects that global warming will negatively
affect food systems in the region by shortening growing |
Soaring food prices across the world – made worse by the war in Ukraine – and four failed consecutive rainy seasons resulting in an entrenched drought crisis have forced families across Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda to leave everything behind in search of food and water, and put their health, safety and education at risk. Children face a ‘perfect storm’ for famine to set in if we don’t act now. Millions could lose their lives if we cannot get life-saving food into their hands quickly enough
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