We are facing a global food crisis—and Africa is especially at risk. We see this in Eastern Africa, where the longest drought in 40 years and rising food and fuel prices driven in part by the war in Ukraine are threatening food security across the region.
Recent estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) forecast that up to 26 million people will face a food crisis or higher levels of food insecurity in Somalia, and parts of Ethiopia and Kenya by the end of January.
