International donors pledge $2.4 billion in aid for Horn of Africa drought and food crisis

The United States announced nearly $524 million in additional humanitarian aid for the Horn of Africa at a U.N. conference.
Germany pledged 210 million euros ($226 million) and the United Kingdom pledged $119 million for Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya.
The U.N. has appealed for $7 billion and has received just $1.6 billion.
The U.S. new funding will support refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced and stateless people, and millions affected by conflict, drought and food insecurity.
The crisis in the region resulting from two failed rainy seasons, two locust invasions, conflict and rising commodity prices has decimated communities and led to the migration of more than 2.5 million people.