Saturday, 23 July 2011

UN asks for $500 million more in 2011 aid funding (AFP)

A malnourished Somali child at the Banadir hospital in Mogadishu. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on donor countries to immediately come up with $1.6 billion in aid for two regions in Somalia declared famine zones.(AFP/Mustafa Abdi)AFP - The United Nations on Wednesday sought $500 million more in aid funding for 2011 as serious drought hit the Horn of Africa, bringing the total sum needed for 31 countries to $7.9 billion for the year.


Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110720/wl_afp/unaidrelief

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