Agency warns 1.5 million people at risk of starving as long rains fail

An estimated 1.5 million people in the country are now acutely food insecure and will require immediate assistance through February, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has said.

This is almost double the 850,000 that were in need during the same period last year, WFP added in a statement to coincide with the release of 'The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 report' yesterday to mark World Food Day.