Conflict, drought driving rapid increase in food insecurity in Ethiopia: UN report

ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Conflict in parts of Ethiopia has driven a rapid increase in food insecurity, compounding the impact of an unprecedented drought affecting the country's eastern and southern regions, the United Nations has warned.

Titled monitoring food security in food crisis countries with conflict situations, the joint report, produced by United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme, is a twice-yearly report on the acute food insecurity situation in countries where conflict and insecurity are primary drivers of acute food insecurity.