The drought in East Africa will once again bring famine and starvation to the region unless desperately needed aid arrives soon. People are drinking contaminated water and there is a growing risk of an epidemic. Aid workers say that thousands of refugees are already flooding across the border into neighbouring countries where the situation is not much better. Families have walked up to 100 km with many parents carrying (6) … children. Fifteen planes are leaving from France tomorrow morning and will drop food supplies and medicine.