International Groups Accelerate Effort To Relieve East Africa's Famine -- Christian Science Monitor
The first UN plane in two years is scheduled to go into the Somali capital's airport Wednesday carrying food aid. Some 3.7 million people in Somalia alone need help.
The first in a series of food flights is due to land in Somalia’s capital late Wednesday, bringing 10 tons of supplies specially formulated to save children from starving to death. The airlift is one of several signs of an acceleration in the international relief effort to help people suffering after two years of drought spread across southern Somalia, eastern Ethiopia, and northern Kenya.
Read more ....
More News On Somalia's Famine
Drought Strikes the Horn of Africa -- Voice of America (Special Reports)
First UN food shipment reaches famine-struck Somalia -- The National
The UN World Food Program Begins Relief Flights to Somalia -- Voice of America
Food supplements airlifted into famine-hit Somalia -- AJC/AP
First food aid arrives in Mogadishu -- AHN
Famine Affects Millions In Horn Of Africa -- NPR
Somali militants block famine refugees from aid -- AP
Somalia famine: Aid agencies struggle to reach starving -- The Telegraph
Africa's famine: The world's worst food crisis in a half century -- The Week
Famine in the Horn of Africa: why the world is slow to respond -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
Why Africa's Drought Is So Catastrophic -- Stewart M. Patrick, The Atlantic
Somalia: victim of war, famine and a pestilence of policy -- Carne Ross, The Guardian
No comments:
Post a Comment