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UN: 13 million face hunger in Horn of Africa as drought worsens

Families are being forced from their homes, leading to increased conflict between communities [Michael Tewelde/WFP]

An estimated 13 million people in the Horn of Africa are facing severe hunger, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has said.

Drought conditions have affected pastoral and farmer populations across southern and southeastern Ethiopia, southeastern and northern Kenya and south-central Somalia, with forecasts of below-average rainfall threatening to worsen already dire conditions in the coming months.

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