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Oxfam Launches East Africa Appeal for Starving People
Oxfam has launched an emergency appeal for £9.
5m ($15m) to reach millions of people threatened
by hunger in Ethiopia and other East African countries.
The UK-based agency says thousands of animals...
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Oxfam Launches East Africa Appeal for Starving People
Oxfam has launched an emergency appeal for £9.
5m ($15m) to reach millions of people threatened
by hunger in Ethiopia and other East African countries.
The UK-based agency says thousands of animals have already died because of a drought which is the
worst in 10 years.
Warning signs indicate that the lives and livelihoods of 23 million people are threatened - twice as
many as the last serious crisis in 2006.
Seven countries are affected, with half of those threatened living in Ethiopia.
However, Ethiopian officials say that fewer people will actually need food aid this year than in 2008.
The government says it is confident it has done everything it can to feed its hungry people.
Other worst affected countries are Kenya, Somalia and Uganda, with Sudan, Djibouti and Tanzania
also hit hard.
Given up
Oxfam says many infants have fallen ill and the elderly - who traditionally are the last to get food
and water - are the worst h
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