UN official sounds famine alarm in Horn of Africa - Reuters - September 20, 2008

Wealthy countries must come up with some $700 million in emergency aid soon or Horn of Africa countries like Ethiopia and Somalia may descend into full-scale famine, the United Nations said on Friday.

John Holmes, the top U.N. humanitarian affairs officials, said food stocks had fallen to critically low levels in parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, northern Kenya and northeastern Uganda. He said Djibouti had also been hit. Read More.