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Nov 2022
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How is climate change affecting liveliho...

Bbc World Service
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The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years.

In Kenya the situation is forcing children to drop out of school to help their parents look for food and water.

Kenyan President William Ruto recently told the COP27 summit in Egypt that this year alone, 2.5 million livestock, worth over $1 billion have died.

In Somalia, charity CARE International says women, who are the breadwinners and heads of families, are now doing everything to ensure their husbands and children eat first, including sacrificing their health.

So what is the human cost of climate change in Africa?

Alan Kasujja has been speaking to Benson Meoli, a pastoralist and local tour guide at Kenya’s Amboseli national park and two CARE International workers, Pamela Agum and Abdikadir Ore.

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