Somalia appeals for urgent donor support amid severe drought

STORY: Somalia appeals for urgent donor support amid severe drought DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: UN headquarters CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ABDIRAHMAN ABDISHAKUR WARSAME, Special Presidential Envoy for Drought Response of Somalia 2. various of drylands in Somalia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ABDIRAHMAN ABDISHAKUR WARSAME, Special Presidential Envoy for Drought Response of Somalia STORYLINE: "If the humanitarian response plan is not met, people will die as they died in 2011 when we lost almost 280,000 people," the Somali president's special envoy for drought relief said on Thursday. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ABDIRAHMAN ABDISHAKUR WARSAME, Special Presidential Envoy for Drought Response of Somalia "The situation in Somalia is very critical and we are facing a dire situation. People who are affected by the drought are 7.7 million. They don't have homes. One million of them are displaced by the drought. The majority of them are children, women, and elderly peop

UN warns of dire, grim situation in Somalia amid severe drought

STORY: UN warns of dire, grim situation in Somalia amid severe drought DATELINE: June 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:08 LOCATION: Mogadishu CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of delegation boarding a plane to Baidoa 2. various of Southwest State's Baidoa district 3. various of delegation driving to a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) 4. various of "ADC" camp for internally displaced people (IDP) 5. various of mother walking with her child on her back at the 'ADC' IDP camp in Baidoa 6. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ADAM ABDELMOULA, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia 7. various of mothers standing outside of their makeshift shelters at an IDP camp 8. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ABDIRAHMAN ABDISHAKUR WARSAME, Somalia's Special Envoy for Drought Response 9. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ADAM ABDELMOULA, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia STORYLINE: The United Nations humanitarian agency has warned of the devastating outlook for millions of drought-affected Somalis amidst heightened ri