UN humanitarian official wants attention on drought in Kenya

UN humanitarian official wants attention on drought in Kenya
A mother helps her malnourished son stand after he collapsed near their hut in the village of Lomoputh in northern Kenya on Thursday May 12 2022 (Brian Inganga/AP)

A top United Nations humanitarian official has raised concern about people going hungry in a remote part of northern Kenya – joining calls for the international community to commit more resources to address the wider region’s drought crisis.

Martin Griffiths, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said he saw families in Kenya’s Turkana region that have nothing left after their animals starved to death.

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