At least 12 million people in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia are in urgent need of food assistance.
This follows a prolonged dry spell and the predicted failure of the short rain season, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. The World Bank has warned that frequent droughts in Sub-Saharan Africa nearly tripled between 2010 and 2019, with last year being the continent's warmest year since 1910. In Kenya, President Uhuru Kenyatta declared the ongoing drought a national disaster. International humanitarian aid has been slow to reach those in need, as the world focuses on other crises. Some of the visuals may be disturbing to sensitive viewers.
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