SOMALIA: A Cry for Help in Fighting Famine!
The South African Independent Online Says:Â
United Nations agencies on Wednesday renewed desperate appeals for help in saving nearly three million Kenyans as well as more than a million children across drought-stricken east Africa who face impending famine. In separate statements, the World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Children’s Agency (Unicef) offered bleak assessments of the prospects without urgent donations for 2,5 million Kenyans, some of whom are among 1,2 million children in three countries in the region who are threatened with malnutrition. WFP said it would run out of food aid for hungry Kenyans in the worst-hit north and northeast by mid-February if donors do not respond to unmet previous appeals for $238-million (about R1,45-billion) worth of assistance required to meet the expected need.Â
This is basically a summery of what we have been reporting for the last couple of days!Â