From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, swathes of land across the Horn of Africa are being ravaged by a drought that has put 20 million people at risk of starvation.
A donor conference last week raised almost US$1.4 billion for the region, which the UN says is facing its worst drought in 40 years.
In the afflicted areas, people eke out a living mainly from herding and subsistence farming.
They are experiencing their fourth consecutive poor rainy season since the end of 2020 a situation exacerbated by a locust invasion that wiped out crops between 2019 and last year.
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