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U.N. Issues Appeal For Air Cargo Space, Warns About Rising Child Mortality Among Somalis In Kenya
UNICEF on Tuesday "appeal[ed] to the air transport sector to provide free and discounted cargo space to bring emergency food supplies into the region," the U.N. News Centre reports (8/2). UNHCR, the U.N. refugee agency, warned in its latest situation report that "[c]hild mortality rates among Somali refugees in Kenya are on the rise and there are 'alarmingly high rates' of malnutrition," according to Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C (8/3).
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