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Horn of Africa famine: France warns of 'scandal'

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The world has “failed to ensure food security”, France’s agriculture minister has said at the UN food agency crisis talks on East Africa’s drought.

“If we don’t take the necessary measures, famine will be the scandal of this century,” AFP news agency quotes Bruno Le Maire as saying in Rome.

More than 10m people are thought to be at risk of starvation and famine has been declared in two areas of Somalia.

Ahead of the summit, the World Bank pledged $500m (£307m) to help.

Some $12m will be for immediate assistance to those worst hit by what the UN says is East Africa’s worst drought in 60 years.

But the bulk of the money will go towards long-term projects to aid livestock farmers.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged donor nations to supply an extra $1.6bn in aid.

Earlier the Red Cross said it had delivered food to one of Somalia’s worst-hit areas, which is controlled by Islamists.

Working through a local committee, the Red Cross delivered food for 24,000 people by lorry.

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3.7m starving right now, 11 million in extreme drought and on the verge…and the Red Cross works its ass off to feed 24,000. And 2.2m are considered “unreachable,” isn’t that lovely? Why must we keep failing ourselves as a species? 

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