Four years of failed rains in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia have left the region facing catastrophe this year
has increased to 22 million, the UN’s world food programme says.have caused the worst drought in 40 years and conditions akin to famine in the hardest-hit areas, aid groups say.
“There is still no end in sight to this drought crisis, so we must get the resources needed to save lives and stop people plunging into catastrophic levels of hunger and starvation.”Photograph: Sopa Images/LightRocket/Getty Images
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