Drought in the Somali regional State.

By the end of May 2008, millions faced hunger in the Somali region of Ethiopia as crops failed and food prices soared.Two successive seasons of poor rains left the region in drought, and the effect on vegetation is shown in this Satelite image on may 20. Areas in which plants were smaller, less thick, or grew more slowly than average are brown, while better than average conditions are illustrated in green.