Communities continue to suffer from the devastating drought affecting the Horn of Africa and are bracing for a likely fifth consecutive failed season – with the October- December 2022 rains beginnin Read More g poorly and forecasts indicating they are likely to underperform. The livelihoods of vulnerable pastoralists and agro-pastoralists continue to be severely eroded driving food insecurity and malnutrition. It is estimated that more than 4.5 million livestock have died since late 2021, and at least 30 million weakened and emaciated livestock are at risk. The drought is also causing a health crisis where health risks related to complications from malnutrition and disease outbreaks have increased at a time when access to health services has decreased. Ethiopia has experienced multiple famines in its history. The 1983-1985 famine was one of the worst humanitarian events in the last century, with up to 1.2 million lives lost. Unless urgent action is taken now, millions in Ethiopia will be at risk of another devastating famine. Read Less