Thursday, October 13, 2011

Food Aid Reaches Famine-Stricken Somalia

By Voice of America - October 12, 2011


Photo: AP - Severely malnourished child from southern Somalia is being held in a makeshift shelter in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, September 20, 2011


Abstract : Deals with famine-stricken Mogadishiu, in Somalia. The United Nations help this country with food assistance.


Extract : "The United Nations says food aid has been delivered to more than half of Somalia's people in need, but food insecurity will remain a major problem into next year.
The U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair (OCHA) said Wednesday that more than 2.2 million Somalis have received food assistance, mostly in the famine-stricken south. However, the office said nearly two million others still urgently need aid.
It also said that despite a good rain forecast, "the number of people in crisis will remain high" into 2012."

  
Index terms : Famine - Food assitance - Mogadishiu - Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair (OCHA) - Somalia - The United Nations


Source : Voice Of America News


Found with : Google Alerts "Horn of Africa famine"

URL : http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Food-Aid-Reaches-Famine--St-131588398.html



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