Horn of Africa

In the eastern Horn of Africa – including Somalia, the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya, and Ethiopia’s southern and southeastern pastoral areas – five consecutive seasons of drought resulted in multiple failed harvests, the loss of millions of livestock, and widespread water scarcity. These impacts have devastated local livelihoods and driven a sharp decrease in access to food and water, leading to a subsequent severe deterioration in nutritional status and excess hunger-related deaths. In northern Ethiopia, recent conflict has led to a sharp decline in household food and income sources and placed significant constraints on commercial and humanitarian access, and high levels of acute food insecurity persist.