Herders need urgent aid to avoid a hunger crisis

About $138 million (approximately Sh15.7 billion) in urgent funding is needed to assist 1.5 million vulnerable people in rural communities in the Horn of Africa whose fields and pastures have been hard hit by an extended drought.

Making the revelation, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) released a comprehensive response plan calling for a range of support for agriculture in the region. In a region reeling from locust invasions and Covid-19, a third consecutive year of poor rains poses a major threat to food security.