Children hit by slow aid flow for "unprecedented" Ethiopia drought

Source: AlertNet
Country: Ethiopia

The World Food Programme, the main provider of food aid, has received only 13 percent of the money it needs up until June, which is part of the total $1.4 billion U.N. target.

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:26 GMT

By Katy Migiro

NAIROBI, Jan 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Donors are not responding fast enough to an “unprecedented” drought in Ethiopia, where over 400,000 children under five are severely malnourished despite strong economic growth and big development gains over the last decade, aid agencies said.

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