Somalia's Puntland hit by deadly drought

Ajouté : 2026-05-09

[00:00:04]A punishing drought has turned vast swaths of punt land into a barren wasteland, scattering animal carcasses across cracked earth and forcing families into makeshift shelters, world food program footage shows.

[00:00:16]According to Associated Press in the arid landscape, locals like Elder Mahad Farah Muse described total devastation.

[00:00:24]Even when a little rain fell before, it did not last. Muse said, "If rain does not come soon, people may start dying just like the livestock.

[00:00:34]Women and children trudge through the desolation while families huddle in tents, sharing meager meals amid the crisis."

[00:00:42]WFP Assistant Executive Director Matthew Haulingworth warned of worsening conditions from three failed rainy seasons. "These are families who've been displaced because their livelihoods have gone. their cattle or goats cannot find pasture, he said in Mogadishu.

[00:00:58]Global tensions, including the Middle East crisis, have spiked food prices by 20 to 30%, straining aid efforts. Relief efforts ramp up at ports like Berbra and warehouses in Moadishu, where workers load trucks and planes with food sacks for distribution.

[00:01:15]Despite the push, Hollingworth said resources fall short. We simply don't have the resources to respond as we should.

[00:02:09]My And another families who've been displaced because of the drought that is racking the entire country. Three failed rainy seasons mean that these folks have had to leave their homes behind because their livelihoods have gone. Their cattle or their goats, their sheep uh cannot find pasture land.

[00:02:50]>> So they're not getting any general food assistance or emergency food system.

[00:02:54]>> What we're seeing across the entire country is a malnutrition crisis. We simply don't have the resources to respond as we should do. This is made absolutely worse because of the Middle East crisis which is raising prices across the whole country. Fuel by 150% uh even food commodities by at least 20 or 30%.

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