As UN agencies warn of an impending famine situation in Somalia, a prolonged drought crisis in the entire Horn of Africa region is threatening to turn into a catastrophe.

A combination of the impacts of climate change, conflict and COVID-19 has created ‘the perfect storm of horror’, with the war in Ukraine pushing food and fuel prices up, according to UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Mohamed M. Fall.

He’s been in Ethiopia this week assessing the impact of the regional drought on families and children, and started by telling UN News’s Joshua Mmali, what he has seen on his trip, not far from the border with Somalia.