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Conditions improved across Horn but 12 million people still food insecure

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Somalia
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AT A GLANCE

  • Conditions across the Horn of Africa have improved, however a crisis food security situation continues in areas of South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. 12.1 million people remain food insecure. The following number of people are affected per country:

  • Djibouti 70,000

  • Ethiopia 3.8 million

  • Kenya 2.5 million

  • Somalia 2.1 million

  • South Sudan 3 million

  • Poorer households throughout the Horn are still recovering from the previous season’s poor crop production and loss of livestock. Many families remain in a precarious food security situation.

  • A new food security alert has been issued for southeast Kenya due to poor and uneven rain distribution during the October to December rainy season. Affected households are in a “crisis” food security situation.