The ongoing drought and famine in the Horn of Africa make a case for using global risk management to achieve food securityBoy holding bowl of rice and beans in Somalia.
The images of emaciated children with eyes so hollow they seem to be looking death squarely in the face have faded from our morning papers and evening news programs. Yet, as I write this, more than 13 million people across the Horn of Africa are still in urgent need of assistance.
In southern Somalia alone, a combination of drought, conflict, and lack of humanitarian access has left 3 million people in crisis. Tens of thousands more could perish unless humanitarian assistance is allowed to flow freely. The famine stems not from the failure of the country's structures and systems, but from their complete absence.
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