Severe drought grips Horn of Africa ------------------------------------------ As many as 29 million people are in need of urgent food aid in the Horn of Africa, which is facing its most severe drought in 40 years AREAS OF FOOD SHORTAGES (Feb-May 2022 projection) ------------------------------------------ ERITREA Tigray SUDAN YEMEN Gulf of Aden DJIBOUTI Somaliland ETHIOPIA SOMALIA Mogadishu INDIAN OCEAN SOUTH SUDAN UGANDA Lake Victoria KENYA Nairobi TANZANIA Addis Ababa Food security classification Minimal Stressed Crisis Emergency 300km 185 miles ------------------------------------------ Sources: Associated Press, Famine Early Warning Systems Network © GRAPHIC NEWS