'We pray for rain': Ethiopia faces catastrophic hunger as cattle perish in severe drought

Animal carcasses litter the land in areas where the rains have failed, as millions go without enough food and water in a country already grappling with civil warThe circumference of Nimo Abdi Duh's upper arm measures just 12cm and, while the number means nothing to her, it does to the health workers treating her. Nimo, two, like so many children in the arid lowlands of Ethiopia, is suffering from malnutrition."We have been affected by the drought," says her mother, Shems Dire, looking anxiously on. "We don't have milk to give to the children. My child is sick due to lack of food, and this happened because of the drought ... Our cattle have been harmed by the drought. We have lost so many. Continue reading...