Stock Photo: Impending Famine And Lack Of Water Ethiopia
ID 63901812 © Sjors737 | Megapixl.com
Ethiopia, Afar region: In Afar, an ethnic group of semi-nomadic cattle farmers in the vicinity of Awasch is talk of an impending famine by drought, climate change and massive death of their livestock. The scarcity of water, drinking water, is huge and this boy, child, have to walk for hours to come to a water source. These younger walks with his herd of goats and sheep through the searing heat and dust of the Danakil desert and is in search of water and food for the animals. Due to global warming and El Nino the region is plagued by persistent droughts. In the background, a kind of oasis with still something green, but no water.
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