Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia may be in for a longer spell of food shortages following a fifth straight year of drought in their driest regions.
A situational report by the UN Office for Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) says that at least 36 million people in the Horn of Africa will be affected by drought by this October, and the number could rise to 80 million by end of the year if the rains do not improve.
