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  • Humanitarian Appeal: UN calls for US$ 8.5 billion to help 51 million...
    14 December 2012 - 10:01am
    The United Nations today called for US$ 8.5 billion for aid agencies to help 51 million people cope with humanitarian emergencies in 2013. The Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) for next year, launched in Rome by UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos, World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Ertharin...
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  • Kenya: Highest malnutrition in a decade, crisis to continue well into...
    15 December 2011 - 2:18pm
    UN and aid agencies appealed today for US$764 million to help nearly four million people cope with drought, rising food prices and poverty in Kenya. The crisis has left millions of people with limited access to food and water, and some areas now have the highest malnutrition rate recorded in a decade. And...
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  • Somalia: Without aid, thousands of lives will be at risk next year,...
    13 December 2011 - 2:58pm
    The UN and aid agencies called for US$1.5 billion today to continue addressing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in Somalia, where four million people lack basic necessities such as food, water and shelter. “With the humanitarian situation expected to remain critical well into next year...
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