Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives, according to the U.N., and in recent months aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but say more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening.
Organizations and activists used World Water Day, designated by the United Nations as March 22 in 1993, to draw attention to and to work to reduce global and local water challenges. The UN’s children’s agency, UNICEF, released research saying that population growth and climate change will help lead to water scarcity for one in four children by 2040.
The prison in Garowe, Puntland state, in northeastern Somalia, facilitates the rehabilitation of convicted Somali pirates and suspected Al-Shabaab jihadists.
The day in photos from around the world.
The day in photos from around the world.
The day in pictures around the world.
The day in photos around the world.
Fisherman in Somalia go to work on the Indian Ocean, reeling in big catches to sell at market.
Life more normal for Somalians without al-Shabab, men (and women) in tights take the stage in English National Ballet, Granadan students in an epic food fight and more in today’s daily brief.
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Thick smoke poured from the besieged Nairobi mall where Kenyan officials said their forces were closing in on Islamists holding hostages on Monday, the third day since Somalia’s al Shabaab launched a raid that has killed at least 62 people according to a Reuters report. It remained unclear how many gunmen and hostages were still cornered in the Westgate shopping center, after a series of loud explosions and gunfire were followed by black smoke billowing from one part of the complex.
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