in easton africa for years it seems to little rainfall. drought in the horn of africa has left full point. 7000000 children, undefined in ethiopia, suffering from acute malnutrition. 1.5000000 in somalia and around 950000 in kenya across the region. more than 6000000 livestock have died or have had to be snorted. over $25000.00 sheep, goats and cattle are being slaughtered by the canyon government and the meat distributed to families suffering from extreme malnutrition. in africa, animals are usually slaughtered to mark celebrations and signal prosperity. the meat is typically cooked for guests and friends are at weddings, but in cembura, in the north of the country, it has become a sign of desperation. one quote has been shipped by full households on one coast by then also. so it will help in terms of also uploading them as, as i mean, so by to live operations auto emissions were dead on the drought is not just the problem here, but throughout east africa it hasn't rained properly for more than a year. nothing grows here. any more people and animals are suffering from water shortages. so

the world food programs regional director for easton africa. and in bristol, in the u. k. is this all my g. a research associates, the london school of economics and coal for of famine in somalia, competing imperatives, collective failures, welcome to all of you. if you are a, if i could start with you because it's in parts of southern and central somalia where, where this threat of famine is, seems to be looming, the largest, what are you seeing and hearing happening in these areas? well, i just wanted to add my voice to the human, a pity coordinator. and by the way, this is really what this was come in for quite some time. while the community has been warning and also some government for the bus 3 months that it existed, it made one of its 1st decisions to raise awareness of this running problem. so at the moment that we have to just focus on rescue and as many people as possible, simply because it regional level where it's about 2 or at least the countries about to declare famine. and i think later on than we can discuss this is dana ways or the long term solution is fo

easton and cellphone, ukraine have announced they will hold griff random's own joining russia. this week . it comes as caves, counter offensive gains, ground against russian forces. hundreds of members of south africa's police and prisons. workers union approach missing in pretoria to demand higher wages if rejected. the governments of the 3 percent increase inflation in south africa is at more than 7 percent. a 13 year high. her room latasha was s that produced some countries. it's rare to see the police a prison official protest, but union is here in south africa. said this is their way of trying to get the government here to do something about the high cost of living. they say they can't survive with the rising cost of food and fuel. and the only way they'll try to get politician to listen to them to come out on the street, add to that for africa, they're dealing with a crippling entity crisis at the moment. they can go 4 hours in a day without electricity because of the aging power plants is valuable, suggest corruption within government and is made. presidents are up what they cancel this trip to the united nations general assembly to come back to that africa, to deal with those prices. the edit