Limited food and dwindling livestock has become a way of life for many Ethiopians since drought struck. The government says its countermeasures are working,yet its confidence is belied by the hardship facing farmersMadina Boru cradles her 18-month-primitive son as the health worker wraps the measuring tape around his skinny upper arm. The boy is one of more than 400000 children in Ethiopia at risk of extreme hunger as the country grapples with the worst drought in decades, caused by a particularly severe occurrence of the weather phenomenon El Niño.“All of our crops failed last year, and after the rains didn’t advance,” Boru says. “My son fell sick soon after.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com