KENYA-KILIFI-DROUGHT

KENYA-KILIFI-DROUGHT

(220330) -- KILIFI, March 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Livestock keep cool in the shade of a roof in Kidemu sub-location in Kilifi County, Kenya, March 23, 2022. Scattered on the five-acre farm in Bandari village, Kidemu sub-location in Kenya's coastal Kilifi County, were withered maize crops. Adam Ndamunga, an officer with Kenya National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) in Kilifi, said the drought situation in the region started in August 2021 and has been progressing due to inadequate rains. The United Nations relief agency said the Horn of Africa is experiencing one of its worst droughts in recent history, with more than 13 million people severely food insecure in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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