Horn of Africa Drought Crisis Factsheet 25 July 2011

Highlights/Key priorities

· US $2 billion will be needed to address the situation in the Horn of Africa. Some $1 billion has been received. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon today called on donor countries to come up with the additional $1 billion needed to meet expected needs.

· 11.6 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa.

· Refugee influxes from Somalia into Kenya and Ethiopia continue, with approximately 3,500 people arriving each day.

· WFP is considering food drops to parts of Somalia where the agency is as yet unable to access affected communities.