Deadly drought scavenges areas in Bakol region

Reports from Bakol region say a severe drought has hit some districts in the region, claiming the lives of many people and animals in the area.
Local residents say the hardest-hit area in the region includes districts of Yed, Rab-dure, El-barde, and other settlements like Ato and Lahelow area in Bakol region.
People in these areas are facing greater starvation and other drought related difficulties, with the drought swiping away almost all the livestock in the area which is said to be Somalia’s traditional breadbaskets.
Residents urged both international and local humanitarian agencies to respond to the crisis in the region to prevent further humanitarian catastrophe in the region.
Most parts of Bakol region in Somalia have had no or little rainfall for the last couple of years. Tweet