A Million People Face Starvation in Somalia as Funding Dries Up

One million people in Somalia are under threat of severe hunger amid a lack of funding to tackle disasters, according to a leading domestic charity.

Scarce rain and warmer temperatures since September have caused drought conditions across the Horn of Africa, with the hottest regions of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya exceeding 2 degrees celsius (3.6 degrees fahrenheit) above the average, according to the Joint Research Center of the European Commission.