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Horn of Africa on track for 6th failed rain season, climate body says

Drought in Hargududo, Ethiopia

Children walk past a man sitting next to the carcass of a dead cow in Hargududo, Ethiopia on April 7, 2022 amid a biting drought. PHOTO | EDUARDO SOTERAS | AFP

By  AFP

Nairobi

The calamitous drought in the Horn of Africa looks certain to persist with a sixth consecutive failed rainy season, a regional climate monitoring body warned Wednesday, fearing worse conditions than a decade ago when some 260,000 people died in Somalia alone.

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