East Africa: Food crisis worsens

A serious food crisis is unfolding across many East African countries; large numbers of people, across wide areas of Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania Uganda, Kenya, and Somaliland, are short of food, says Oxfam. "Those most badly affected are pastoral groups who depend largely on livestock for their survival both for consumption and for exchange for other food and household items. Due to ongoing poor rains, the situation is worsening, and food shortages could reach critical proportions in the coming months."