Somalia Faces Rising Rift Valley Fever Risk, Threatening Livestock Livelihoods

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia faces a growing risk of Rift Valley fever that could threaten livestock-dependent livelihoods, after the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the regional bloc IGAD identified the country among six facing the highest assessed risk of the disease.The warning, issued on October 30, comes as El Niño-related rainfall creates favourable conditions for the spread of the mosquito-borne virus across Eastern Africa.