UN: 'Millions on brink of starvation in horn of Africa'

Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are “on the brink of starvation” because of severe drought, with some human deaths already reported in Kenya, the United Nations warned today.

An estimated 11 million people in Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia need food aid, while water, new livestock and seeds are also needed across the region, the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation said in a statement.