Horn of Africa food crisis

Getting food aid right

JOHANNESBURG 01 March 2013 (IRIN) - Despite early warning information about the Horn of Africa’s impending drought crisis in 2011, humanitarian responses were slow to mobilize, leading to tens of thousands of deaths in the region and famine in parts of Somalia.

Horn of Africa hit by famine -- needs to prepare for future

The Horn of Africa is once again in the grip of famine, caused by drought and political crisis. Local people depend on livestock and crops to stay alive. Their animals and crops have died from lack of water. In this FAO video, shot last year in Ethiopia, in the Horn of Africa, local herders and farmers adopt simple techniques that will save livestock and crops in time of drought or flood and avert famine.

EAST AFRICA: Famine warning for southern Somalia

JOHANNESBURG 05 July 2011 (IRIN) - Localized famine could be witnessed in some of the worst drought-affected areas in southern Somalia in September, warns the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEW

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