Horn of Africa starving, UN warns.(CANADA/WORLD NOTES)

From: Catholic New Times | Date: March 5, 2006 | Copyright information

ROME -- An estimated 11 million people in the Horn of Africa are expected to starve because of severe drought and war, a UN agency said in February.

People in Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia need food aid, water, new livestock and seeds, according to the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). "Millions of people are on the brink of starvation in the Horn of Africa due to recent severe droughts coupled with the effects of past and ongoing conflicts," th...

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