Africa Has Handed Over £2.75 Million Of £200 Million Famine Relief Five Months On -- The TelegraphAfrican leaders who promised more than £200 million in famine aid five months ago have so far handed over less than £3m of the money, the Daily Telegraph has learnt.
Presidents, prime ministers and senior government officials pledged the funds in August in a delayed response to the hunger crisis that threatened more than 12 million Kenyans, Somalis and Ethiopians with starvation.
At the time, Jerry Rawlings, Ghana's former president and the continental envoy to famine-hit Somalia, said: "We need to send a convincing response to the rest of the world that we're not incapable of supporting our own when the need arises".
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My Comment: What can I say but shame on them, and a perfect illustration of how disunited Africa is.
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