East Africa faces a ‘perfect storm’ as humanitarian disasters combine
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East Africa faces a ‘perfect storm’ as humanitarian disasters combine
A combination of problems from failing crops and drought to civil war and rising food prices threatens to engulf East Africa in a ‘perfect storm’ of humanitarian crises. Aid agencies on the ground are struggling to cope.
The African continent is no stranger to humanitarian disasters. Climatic changes, war, financial hardship and infrastructural chaos seem to regularly take turns in plunging one region or another into desperation. The latest crisis is centered on East Africa, where countries such as Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are currently experiencing a ‘perfect storm’ of suffering.
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