The Horn of Africa on its way to the worst famine crisis in modern times

Pandemic, grasshopper invasion, drought, war and now rampant food prices.

The people living in the Horn of Africa have been faced with challenge after challenge in recent years.

Previously, the cattle farmers in the small village of Showli in northern Kenya had thousands of cows, goats, and camels.

Today, there are only seven malnourished cows left in the village that can at best find a piece of cardboard to chew on.

- We are the ones who will die next, says farmer Daoud Ahmed, and tells us that their nearest water source is now over 15 kilometers away.

The figure risks rising

For several years, there has been hardly a drop of rain in northern Kenya.

And if it does not rain in the coming weeks, the number of people at risk of starvation could rise to 28 million, according to the aid organization Oxfam, which is now worried about a large-scale humanitarian catastrophe.

The drought is affecting not only northern Kenya, but also large parts of Ethiopia and Somalia.