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U.N., Africa Union Appeal To International Community For Aid To Fight Drought In Horn Of Africa
During a Tuesday news conference with reporters in Geneva, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "called on countries to urgently support United Nations agencies in their efforts to respond to the crisis in the Horn of Africa, where more than 11 million people are in need of life-saving assistance as they face the worst drought in decades," the U.N. News Centre reports. U.N. agencies have called for $1.6 billion in aid for the region, but only half of that amount has been received, according to the news service (7/12).
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