According to a recent UN assessment, the drought in East Africa has led to the deaths of thousands more heads of livestock in Kenya’s Northeastern province as La Niña drought conditions worsen.

Drought monitoring and assessment reports indicate that the hardest-hit areas are Marsabit, Moyale and Mandera. Livestock farmers in the three regions have lost more than 17,000 animals since January 2011, according to officials from the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) and the government’s Arid Lands and Resource Management Project (ALRMP).

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