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United Nations And Partners Launch Appeal for $60m to Help Refugees in DR Congo
The United Nations and its partners have launched an appeal for just under $60 million to help more than 100,000 refugees from the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who have fled ethnic violence and are seeking refuge in the neighboring...
HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein Seeks Food Aid for Kenya
HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein has traveled to Kenya in her role as a UN Messenger of Peace to encourage an effective local and global response to catastrophic food shortages. “As many as 20 million people in the region around the Horn of Africa are...
Kenya Urges World Food Programme to Reconsider Ban on Relief Food to Somalia
President Mwai Kibaki has urged the World Food Programme (WFP) to reconsider its decision to suspend food relief distribution to Somalia. Kibaki noted that continued denial of relief food to Somalia was exerting more pressure on Kenya which is already...
Somali Militants Set Fire to World Food Program Food Aid
Al Shabab extremists in Somalia have set fire to hundreds of sacks of food owned by the World Food Program (WFP) in the city of Merka, the provincial capital of Lower Shabelle region which is about 111 kilometers south of the capital Mogadishu, a regional...
Gambian Finance Minister Comments on Decline in Government Revenue Due to Global Crisis
The Gambian Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Abdou Kolley has disclosed that the recent financial crisis exacerbated the problems associated with food security, as it has led to further decline in government revenue and reduced economic activity. Speaking...
Spain Donates $112m to Fight Hunger in Horn of Africa
Spain’s Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Soraya Rodriguez Ramos, has announced a donation of €75 million (US$112m) to the United Nations World Food Programme in response to the critical hunger situation in the Horn of Africa. The...
United States Approves $400m Humanitarian Support for Ethiopia
The United States government has announced $400 million humanitarian emergency food aid for Ethiopia. “The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), have provided $340 million in emergency and humanitarian food...
Al-Qaeda Linked Somali Rebel Group Al-Shabab Bans International Relief Organizations From Operating in the Country
The Al Qaeda-linked Somali rebel group of Al-Shabab has announced that all international relief organizations are banned from operating in the country especially in areas under their control. Al-Shabab spokesman in the southern Jubba regions Sheik Hassan...
