Arab League calls for help for drought-hit Somalia

STORY: Arab League calls for help for drought-hit Somalia DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:21 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Arab League meeting 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): HOSSAM ZAKI, Assistant Secretary-General of Arab League STORYLINE: Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League Hossam Zaki on Tuesday called for help from Arabic and international organizations for drought-hit Somalia. According to the UN, the crippling drought in Somalia has affected at least 7.8 million people, including more than one million displaced from their homes in search of water, food and pasture. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): HOSSAM ZAKI, Assistant Secretary-General of Arab League "Somalia faces a very severe drought crisis, which is the worst one that hit the country in several decades. There is a rainfall scarcity; there hasn't been rainfall in Somalia for about five years, which caused a dangerous situation for the Somali people who almost depend upon the rainfall." Zaki attributed the lack of rainf