The UN describes the current situation as the worst drought since 1981 in the region
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that due to a prolonged drought across the Horn of Africa the number of people at risk of hunger there could rise from 14 million to 20 million.
It says parts of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya are the driest they have been for 40 years and the desperately needed rains have failed to materialize almost a month into the current rainy season.
The WFP says wheat supplies have been affected by the war in Ukraine and with shipping costs rising, food and fuel prices have shot up.
It says despite several warnings of a disastrous drought, funding has not been made available at the scale needed.
-BBC
