Millions facing food crisis in East Africa

Humanitarian agencies are scaling up campaigns for food and medical aid as more than 20 million people face the threat of starvation in countries gripped by conflict and drought across East Africa

FOOD INSECURITY: February-May 2017 forecast
Minimal  Stressed   Crisis   Emergency   Famine
Number of people in need of urgent food assistance (millions)

ETHIOPIA 5.6
YEMEN  6.8
KENYA 2.7
SOMALIA 2.9
SUDAN 3.4
UGANDA 1.6
SOUTH SUDAN 4.9

SAUDI ARABIA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.
CHAD
LIBYA
EGYPT
DEM. REP. OF CONGO
BURUNDI
RWANDA
TANZANIA
DJIBOUTI
ERITREA

Khartoum
Sanaa
Addis Ababa
Nairobi
Juba
Mogadishu
Kampala

500km
300 miles

Sources: Famine Early Warning Systems Network, OCHA