Horn of Africa food crisis worsening, says Red Cross

The United Nations reported that the hunger crisis in Somalia was worsening, while the International Committee of the Red Cross said it would step up relief efforts in Somalia and Ethiopia.

In the latest report on Somalia, the United Nations said that 1.7 million people – 710,000 of them experiencing an acute food shortage – needed food assistance of some kind in addition to the 410,000 refugees who depend on food aid.