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Summary Ten million people living in the Horn of Africa are suffering from the worst drought in 60 years.
The US has started drone attacks in Somalia to target famine-stricken people.One US drone strike to kill famine-stricken people costs $4.5 million.According to a UN report, 10 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda are stricken by famine. One million people in the region do not have access to the UN’s world food programme.The impact of the drought is being made more acute by soaring food prices, high livestock deaths, conflict and restricted humanitarian access, according to the UN.United Nations’ High Commissioner of Human Rights says the drought is not likely to end in 2012.
