FAO warns of funding gap for Sahel and Horn of Africa emergency plans                                                                                    26 April 2012, Brazzaville - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today that funding gaps to assist herders, agro-pastoralists and farmers in the ongoing rainy season in the Sahel and Horn of Africa total over 110 million dollars.                                                                             "In the Horn of Africa, we are losing the opportunity to build on our recent gains and assure resilient rural communities. In the Sahel, this means not putting in place measures that could prevent the food security situation from worsening," warned Graziano da Silva at FAO's 27^th Regional Conference for Africa. As of today, funding gaps for the entire year reach a total of 239 million dollars for the two regions Read More.

Somalia famine ends, but situation still dire                                                                 3 February 2012, Nairobi -The United Nations declared an end to famine conditions in Somalia today, but warned that with recurrent droughts in the Horn of Africa hunger remains a threat unless long-term measures are taken to restore food security. According to a new report by the FAO-managed Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and USAID’s Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET), the number of people in need of emergency humanitarian assistance in Somalia has dropped from 4 million to 2.34 million, 31 percent of the population. Read More.