USAID Responds to Drought Warnings in Eastern Horn of Africa Following a Joint Alert on exceptional drought conditions and related acute food security risks in the eastern Horn of Africa, USAID announced it will provide more than $39 million in additional humanitarian aid to the region, urging other donor organizations to follow suit. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), one of four agencies that issued the Joint Alert, has warned since late 2021 that very high humanitarian assistance needs are likely to persist in the eastern Horn of Africa throughout 2022. In a regional consultation on the March-April-May (MAM) rainy season in January, FEWS NET stressed that a below-average rainy season in 2022 is likely.