Unicef estimates that as many as 10 children a day are being killed, with six million people facing food insecurity.
Nationwide, the number of suburban households facing food shortages rose by roughly a quarter-million from 2001 to 2002.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the number of children facing food insecurity in 2009 soared to nearly one in four.
See articleHalf the population of South Sudan is facing food shortages because of the continuing conflict with Sudan, according to the United Nations.
Food insecurity is also on the rise, with half of South Sudan's 9.7 million people facing food shortages – more than double the number last year.
More than 1 million people in the country are affected, with over half estimated to be facing food shortages and the threat of waterborne disease.
Yemen ranks as a level 3 emergency – the highest on the UN humanitarian scale – with nearly 70% of the population of 21 million facing food shortages.
The UN World Food programme warned earlier this week that 100 million people were facing food and water shortages as a result of the El Niño.
Wandera says food production is lower than normal because of last year's poor harvests and accepts many families in Katine will be facing food shortages.
The World Food Programme WFPP) said that about 1 million people are facing food shortages because of quarantines around the region.
With up to 16 million people in Ethiopia and Eritrea facing food shortages, a World Food Program official said today that the situation was "very grim".
