Monday 12th June 2017

Ethiopia has warned that its supply of emergency food aid will be finished by next month. Nearly 16 million people need urgent assistance as drought continues to parch the breadth of the Horn of Africa.

The number of drought victims in Ethiopia has reached 7.8 million people, according to the government. Mitiku Kassa, the country's disaster relief chief, said the Horn of Africa nation needed more than $1 billion (893 million euros) for emergency assistance.

However, Ethiopia has since denied suggestions by UN officials that it will run out of emergency food aid for millions of people by the end of this month.

Read more from Deutsche Welle here.

Food aid in Ethiopia is apparently running low. Photo/Jaspreet Kindra/IRIN