'Dying One by One:' Somalia Drought Crushes Herders' Lives

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16 March 2017 09:08 WIB

Children drink water delivered by a truck in the drought-stricken Baligubadle village near Hargeisa, the capital city of Somaliland on March 15, 2017. Trying to flee the worsening drought, he trekked thousands of kilometers with a herd that once numbered 1,200. But hundreds perished during the arduous trip to Puntland, in northern Somalia, in search of greener pasture. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies/Handout via REUTERS

16 Maret 2017 00:00 WIB

A woman leads her donkeys loaded with jerrycans as she walks past the carcass of a domestic animal that died due to severe drought in Baligubadle village near Hargeisa, the capital city of Somaliland on March 15, 2017. The land here dried up not long after he arrived, leaving his animals weak from hunger and thirst. "They are now dying one by one," the 30-year-old said, shading his face from the scorching sun. His goats drank water from a plastic barrel and picked dry leaves from plants nearby. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies/Handout via REUTERS

16 Maret 2017 00:00 WIB

In this photo taken Wednesday, March 8, 2017, the carcass of a dead goat lies in the desert in a drought-stricken area near Bandar Beyla in Somalia's semiautonomous northeastern state of Puntland. It is not clear how many people, or animals, have died so far. Animals are central to many in Somalia. The United Nations says more than half the population is engaged in the livestock industry. The drought threatens their main sources of nutrition and survival. AP/Ben Curtis

16 Maret 2017 00:00 WIB

Internally displaced Somali children share a bed inside a ward dedicated for diarrhea patients in Banadir hospital in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, March 9, 2017. Somalia has declared this drought a national disaster, part of what the United Nations calls the largest humanitarian crisis since the world body was founded in 1945. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

16 Maret 2017 00:00 WIB

An internally displaced Somali man assists his son to drink milk inside a ward dedicated for diarrhea patients in Banadir hospital in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, March 9, 2017. An estimated 6 million people in this Horn of Africa nation, or about half the population, need aid amid warnings of a full-blown famine. Two consecutive seasons of poor rainfall, longer in some areas, have caused large-scale crop failures, the U.N. humanitarian agency says. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

16 Maret 2017 00:00 WIB

Internally displaced Somali people carry containers as they stand in a queue waiting to be served with cooked food from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) feeding program at the Sorrdo camp in Hodan district of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, March 11, 2017. Somalia has declared the drought a national disaster, part of what the United Nations calls the largest humanitarian crisis since the world body was founded in 1945, and with animals being central to many the drought threatens their main sources of nutrition and survival. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

16 Maret 2017 00:00 WIB