
Up to 20 million people in East Africa lack enough water and food
UNICEF says up to 20 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea will need water and food assistance.
Up to 20 million people in East Africa are in need of water and food; We catch up with a former Liberian taxi driver whose life was changed after he returned fifty thousand dollars that he'd found; The ICC begins the trial of a suspected former militia chief who is facing accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
(Photo: Hawa Mohamed Isack (R), 60, drinks water at a water distribution point at Muuri camp, one of the 500 camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in town, in Baidoa, Somalia, on February 13, 2022. Credit: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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