in johannesburg parven nagala, a , development and humanitarian specialist and a regional director at for horn east and central africa in london, chris wiefer ,a specialist in emerging markets and chief executive officer of macro advisory, a strategic consultancy focused on russia and eurasia. warm welcome to you all, and thanks for joining us today on "inside story." pi variant, let me start with you today. oxfam published a report this week saying over a quarter of a billion more people could crash into extreme levels of poverty in 2022 because of covet 19 -- because of covid-19, rising global inequality, and the shock of food price rises supercharged by the war in ukraine. how much more dire could this situation get? guest: the situation is getting more dire. i really want to appreciate the opportunity to be able to reflect on this, especially coming from the horn, eastern central africa region. in eastern africa we have approximately 30 million people facing a hunger crisis because of various factors, one of this is the climate crisis that cuts across the region. in this case we'r