Africa Water aid delivered to Somali nomads Red Cross officials says parts of north-eastern Somalia affected by a severe drought face catastrophe if rains expected this month fail to start in the next few days. The Red Cross is currently delivering water to about seventy-thousand Somali nomads in Mudug, Nugaal, and Galgadud and says local field workers are already reporting some deaths as a result of the drought. Large numbers of livestock have also died.
Aid workers say people are now moving from rural areas into the towns in search of food and water.
A Red Cross official in Nairobi described the situation as very alarming. In the self-declared region of Puntland, the authorities have declared a state of emergency.