Over 10 Million Suffer from Africa Drought

More than 10 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and Tanzania are in urgent need of food due to excessive droughts and meagre harvests, Christian Aid reports.

The government of Kenya has declared the famine conditions affecting parts of the country a national disaster and has called for national and international efforts to raise much needed aid to provide food for about 2.5 million people, almost 10 percent of the population, over the next six months, according to Action by Churches Together (ACT) International.

Christian groups are currently offering aid to help Kenyans suffering from the food emergency crisis. According to the Information and Communications Minister Mutahi Kagwe, the number of Kenyans at risk from the food crisis has increased to 3.5 million, up from 2.5 million.