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1.8 million people in ASAL counties face acute food security

By James Wanzala | Sep. 17, 2025

**Stakeholders during the launch of the IGAD Regional Focus of the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises in Nairobi on September 15, 2025.** [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

At least 1.8 million people in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) counties in Kenya face acute food insecurity.

This makes part of the total 42 million people in the other five countries of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), including Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda and the situation is now categorised under (IPC Phase 3 or above), also known as "Crisis" level.

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