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Drought in North Eastern pushes millions towards hunger

Bargeri, a herdsman from the Rendille ethnic group, stands next to the carcass of his donkey who died due to an ongoing drought, near the town of Kargi, Marsabit. [Reuters]

In northern Kenya, the ribs of dead sheep stretch towards the blazing sun as parched herders trudge past, a day's march from water. The value of their skinny goats is falling as fast as the prices scrawled on the sacks in the market are shooting up.

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