The world's worst acute food insecurity emergency of 2022 is occurring over the Horn of Africa. In northern Ethiopia, extreme acute food insecurity has resulted from the conflict and subsequent limited commercial and humanitarian access. In the eastern Horn of Africa -- including Somalia, the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya, and Ethiopia’s southern and southeastern pastoral areas -- an unprecedented multi-season drought is ongoing. The failed 2022 March-April-May-June rainy season has further devastated livelihoods and driven a sharp decrease in access to food and water, and a subsequent severe deterioration in nutritional status. Varying levels of acute food insecurity already exist in the region, and with forecasts indicating a potential fifth consecutive failed rainy season in October-November-December, the already severe humanitarian emergency in the region could further deepen.

June 13, 2022

Press Release: Millions already face starvation in eastern Horn of Africa, fifth consecutive season of drought now forecast

June 9, 2022

Joint Statement: Unprecedented drought brings threat of starvation to millions in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia

May 30, 2022

Joint Alert: The threat of starvation looms after four failed rainy seasons

December 16, 2021

Press Release: Exceptional drought in the Horn of Africa

December 1, 2021

The Eastern Horn of Africa faces an exceptional prolonged and persistent agro-pastoral drought sequence