3 million in Somalia in need of aid: UN
1 Nov 2014 4:53 AM IST
The United Nations said in September more than a million people in the war-ravaged Horn of Africa country were struggling to meet daily nutritional needs.
‘Over three million Smalis are in need of humanitarian assistance and unfortunately that number is growing. I urge donors to step up contributions to avert another famine in Somalia,’ Ban said during a visit to the Somali capital on Wednesday. In August, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Somalia Philippe Lazzarini said rapidly rising malnutrition and food shortages resembled the warning signs that preceded a 2011 famine in which about 260,000 people died.
A month earlier, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for Somalia said agencies were unable to meet the needs of 350,000 people who had fled to Mogadishu because they were hindered by a shortage of funds and by violence. Al Shabaab ruled most of the southern region of Somalia from 2006 until 2011.
‘Over three million Smalis are in need of humanitarian assistance and unfortunately that number is growing. I urge donors to step up contributions to avert another famine in Somalia,’ Ban said during a visit to the Somali capital on Wednesday. In August, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Somalia Philippe Lazzarini said rapidly rising malnutrition and food shortages resembled the warning signs that preceded a 2011 famine in which about 260,000 people died.
A month earlier, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for Somalia said agencies were unable to meet the needs of 350,000 people who had fled to Mogadishu because they were hindered by a shortage of funds and by violence. Al Shabaab ruled most of the southern region of Somalia from 2006 until 2011.
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