kevin connelly, bbc news, athens.to the horn of africa where drought is causing intense suffering for the people of that region. last week, famine was declared in south sudan. somalia announced a national disaster this week because of drought and that was just weeks after neighbouring kenya declared its own drought emergency. in the midst of all this, kenyans have come up with a novel way to help those affected. rather than food aid, it's started to use electronic cash payments. as alistair leithhead reports, direct transfers are helping to lift people out of poverty. there are thin pickings for the cattle of northern kenyan. drought is back and with it, a difficult decision, whether or not to sell the cows to survive. help can be as simple as sending cash to stop them having to sell—off the family assets, and it's being done from hundreds of miles away. in nairobi. so the red shows the area where we have had extreme drought, and if you have a look at this and compared to what we have this year, you can see we have re

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and kevin connelly also turning 43. now, take a final look at your choices.59 this weekend. happy birthday. >>> monday on "e.t." -- katy perry's first public appearance since her big break-up. but where is orlando? plus -- ♪ i can't stop the feeling justin timberlake, miley cyrus, bruno mars. "e.t." is with the hottest stars at the i heart radio awards. then your "this is us" sneak peek. is tv's favorite couple on the rocks? this monday. >>> for all the late-breaking hollywood news go to our website at etonline.com. but before we go check out this video from the chainsmokers for their single "paris." it's off their upcoming debut album "memories do not open" that's out april 7th. the video racked up 20 million youtube views in two weeks and it stars victoria's secret angel martha hunt. i get it. enjoy it and the rest of your weekend, everybody. bye-bye. ♪ -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ >>> "the weekend insider" tracking the biggest stories making news today. >> 26 years ago i was doing "beauty and the beast." >> hollywood tames the beast as the stars