Close to seven million people in Ethiopia are plagued by a severe drought with scores of livestock dying from a lack of water and food supplies, forcing many to head to displaced people camps where they rely on government relief.The Somali Region, a regional state where 80 percent of the local population’s livelihood depends on livestock, is among the places suffering great losses, with well over a million domesticated animals dying there, according to the local disaster risk management bureau.Mohamed Farah, a 48-year-old local farmer, told of the immense struggle he is facing to look after his family of eight children, even sacrificing the hay of his own roof to feed his sheep.
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