More than 20 million people, including many Christians, face suffering and death from a lack of food in the Horn of Africa due to worsening drought in several nations, relief groups warn.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says a lack of expected and much-needed rain could lead to famine.
The situation has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, which has limited supplies of food and fertilizers across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, according to several sources.
The Horn of Africa – a region of eastern Africa – is said to suffer from drought and has been for several months. The drought has reportedly led to the destruction of crops and the death of livestock.
A month into the new rainy season, the persistent lack of rain worsens the situation, according to experts. And with a lack of other food sources due to war in Ukraine, the WFP increased its estimate of the people at risk of starvation from 14 million to 20 million.
“This includes six million people in Somalia (including the self-declared Republic of Somaliland) and half a million in Kenya,” noted Barnabas Fund, a Christian relief group. “Conflict in Ethiopia and Eritrea also contributes to the unfolding humanitarian disaster.”
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