Scores starve as famine ravages North Horr amid denial by authorities

Goats and sheep looking for grass on bare ground at Balesa trading centre, in North Horr, Marsabit County. Livestock have died in large numbers due to lack of pasture and water. Photo By ALI ABDI/STANDARD.

Elema Adhe, 70, is carried by a friend to rest under the shade of the only tree in the village and which is almost swallowed by sand dunes.

Adhe, whose five children are all away, has taken strong tea for breakfast and does not know when his next meal will come.