People receive bags of relief grains at a camp for displaced persons in the Adadle district of the Somali region, Ethiopia, on Jan. 22. (Claire Nevill/World Food Programme/Reuters)
Al Jazeera: UN: 13 million face hunger in Horn of Africa as drought worsens
WFP says three consecutive failed rainy seasons have decimated crops and forced families from their homes.
An estimated 13 million people in the Horn of Africa are facing severe hunger, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has said.
Drought conditions have affected pastoral and farmer populations across southern and southeastern Ethiopia, southeastern and northern Kenya and south-central Somalia, with forecasts of below-average rainfall threatening to worsen already dire conditions in the coming months.
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Update: Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia facing devastating drought conditions: UN (Reuters)
WNU Editor: The UN report is here .... Hunger Hotspots: Four Countries Face Famine, UN Report Warns (World Food Program)
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