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18.6 MILLION Population in Need of Food Assistance due to Drought in the Horn of Africa UN - July 2022
8.1 MILLION Population in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in the Horn of Africa - UN – July 2022
4.2 MILLION Estimated Number of People Affected by Drought in Kenya - UN – July 2022
7.1 MILLION Estimated Number of People Affected by Drought in Somalia - UN – July 2022
808,000 Number of People Displaced During 2022 in Somalia - UNHCR – June 2022
SITUATION AT A GLANCE
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Populations in the Horn of Africa are experiencing the world’s worst food insecurity emergency in 2022. An estimated 18.6 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia are experiencing Crisis—IPC 3—levels of acute food insecurity as a result of a historic drought, and the number could reach up to 20 million by September.
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USAID Administrator Samantha Power announced an additional $1.2 billion for the drought response in the Horn of Africa on July 18, bringing the USG humanitarian contribution to the Horn to nearly $1.8 billion in FY 2022.