Horn of Africa drought places 22 million people at risk of starvation, says UN
by Agence-France Presse from Environment | The Guardian on (#62PZZ)
Four years of failed rains in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia have left the region facing catastrophe this year
The number of people at risk of starvation in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa has increased to 22 million, the UN's world food programme (WFP) says.
Years of insufficient rainfall across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia have caused the worst drought in 40 years and conditions akin to famine in the hardest-hit areas, aid groups say.
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