Famine

Somalia’s newly elected President, Hassan Mohamud on Thursday used his inauguration speech to appeal for international help to avert a famine that posed threats to his drought-stricken country.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that aid agencies have continued to warn of an approaching famine as cases of severe malnutrition, especially among children shot up in the troubled nation of the Horn of Africa, which was battling a record drought following four failed rainy seasons.

‘There are fears that starvation may strike in some areas,” Mohamud said, urging “the diaspora and the world to play a role in saving our …