Crisis in the Horn of Africa

Briefing Centre

• Breaking the cycle of crisis and boosting growth through African agriculture: A call for urgent action

  3 Oct. 2011

  The food crisis in the Horn of Africa tragically portrays the impacts of drought and conflict, but it also brings to the fore the effects of neglecting agriculture and local food systems: increased vulnerability to shocks for 13.3 million people. Yet the food crisis also highlights the positive impacts of smart investments in agriculture. Where smart investments have been made, farmers and pastoralists have proved resilient to the crisis. Tigray, Ethiopia was the epicentre of the 1984-85 famine that claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. More

• STOP THE FAMINE: Leaders and Laggards in the Response to the Crisis in the Horn of Africa

  11 Aug. 2011

  ONE has conducted an original analysis that assesses what the responsibility should be for each of the 24 members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee in the response to the crisis in the Horn of Africa. It provides an assessment of their actual response to date (11 August 2011), and we also look at the contributions that have been made by non-traditional donors and regional partners. This is a short summary of that analysis and an explanation of how it was completed.              More

• Horn of Africa Crisis

  8 Aug. 2011

  The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 60 years. Nearly 11 million people, mostly nomadic pastoralists and farmers in south-central Somalia, north-eastern Kenya, and south-eastern Ethiopia, are severely lacking access to food. The crisis currently affects 4.5 million people in Ethiopia, 3.6 million people in Kenya, 80,000 in Djibouti, and almost 3 million in Somalia. More