Human-driven climate crisis fuelling Horn of Africa drought – study

The drought has directly affected about 50 million people in the Horn of Africa and left at least 4.3 million in need of humanitarian aid. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images

The devastating drought in the Horn of Africa would not have happened without the human-made impact of the climate crisis, new science has shown.

The drought has affected about 50 million people in the Horn of Africa directly and another 100 million in the wider area. About 20 million people are at risk of acute food insecurity and potentially famine.