Drought and China’s economic downturn contribute to devastation in East Africa. Yemen and the Horn of Africa are a widening gyre of civil strife, drought, economic downturn and famine. The region’s last famine killed 260,000 in 2011. Then, mostly Somali elderly and children died. This time, devastation is already regional and far more violent. Anticipating the worst humanitarian crisis in 60 years, the UN is hastening to raise billions of dollars to mitigate the crisis. However, treating the symptoms does little to stanch the global causes of the region’s calamity. The catastrophe is indeed “humanitarian.” Yet, the characterization fails to … Continue reading Climate change, economics contribute to worst humanitarian crisis in 60 years