Humanitarian Briefing Paper: East Africa Food Crisis

East Africa is in the midst of its worst food crisis for 20 years. Across Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti, more than 12 million people are in need of food, drinking water and basic sanitation, as a result of a combination of drought, conflict, high food costs and systematic under-investment in pastoralist and marginalised communities. Already, the crisis has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people.