Three consecutive rainy seasons have failed as the region has recorded its driest conditions since 1981
Following the resignation of its prime minister, Ethiopia finds itself on the precipice of widespread political unrest.
A deal brokered by Ethiopia to develop the port at Berbera will have a ripple effect across the Horn of Africa
The Gulf crisis has revealed the extent to which Middle Eastern rivalries are played out on the African continent.
The EU’s foreign affairs chief has urged world governments to meet a "moral obligation" to send aid into the drought-hit Horn of Africa.
Amid UN reports that famine has spread further through Somalia, South Africa has been criticised for not doing enough to help the region.
The famine in the Horn of Africa is a result of the international community’s failure to end Somalia’s civil war.
Parts of Africa are doomed to a never-ending cycle of ignored early warnings and emergency feeding — rather than a transition to self-sufficiency.
The WFP’s first delivery of aid to Somalia was delayed due to bureaucratic hurdles in Kenya — slowing relief efforts for millions hit by drought.
The plight of millions of people left hungry by a harsh drought across the Horn of Africa is set to worsen, a top UN official has warned.