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African Union Meeting Aims To Raise Funds For Humanitarian Relief In Horn Of Africa
The African Union (A.U.) "held a rare fundraiser in Ethiopia Thursday in a bid to plug a $1.1 billion shortfall in aid for millions facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades," Agence France-Presse reports. The A.U. has pledged $500,000 of an estimated $2.4 billion "required to assist the 12.4 million drought victims," according to AFP (Vaughan, 8/25).
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