Committed or Complacent: A Failing Response to the 2019 Horn Of Africa Drought Crisis

by Oxfam | July 25, 2019
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Committed or Complacent: A Failing Response to the 2019 Horn Of Africa Drought Crisis

by Oxfam | July 25, 2019
Children are collecting water from a well in Docoloha village, Sool region, Somaliland.

As drought devastates the Horn of Africa yet again, the following analysis comparing 2019 to earlier droughts paints a bleak picture and indictment on the humanitarian community. The urgency to better respond is exacerbated by people’s lack of recovery from the 2017 drought and a further deterioration predicted in coming months.

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