Somalia: Drought-hit Lower Juba pastoralists flee towards the Somali-Kenyan border

Country: Somalia Source: Radio Ergo (ERGO) – Drought displaced pastoralist families in southern Somalia’s Lower Juba region have arrived in Kulbiyow – a small town close to the Kenyan border – with no livestock, shelter, or reliable access to food. The families were driven out of rural areas around Buulo-Haaji near Kismayo, where prolonged drought wiped out their animals, dried up water sources, and destroyed the livelihoods they depended on. Among them is Farhia Daud Omar, a mother of 10, who recently gave birth.