Friday 22 July 2011

UN ramps up aid to East Africa drought victims (AP)

CORRECTS NAME TO RAWLINGS -- African union peacekeepers soldier stand guard during a visit by Jerry Rawlings, AU envoy to Somalia, to displaced peoples camps in southern Mogadishu Somalia Wednesday July 20, 2011. Parts of southern Somalia are suffering from famine, a U.N. official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation. The Horn of Africa is suffering a devastating drought compounded by war, neglect and spiraling prices. Some areas in the region have not had such a low rainfall in 60 years, aid group Oxfam said. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)AP - The United Nations says it is ramping up its aid efforts for the drought-hit regions of East Africa.



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