US EditionUN gets $2.4 bln in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on nations to increase funding to the Horn of Africa to address its worst drought in generations. Over 43 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia require critical assistance.
- The UN has appealed for $7 billion across the region but has only received $2.4 billion so far. The Horn of Africa is considered the epicentre of one of the world's worst climate emergencies.
- Deaths from hunger are rising in Africa due to worsened droughts from climate change and conflict, according to UN officials.
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East Africa: UN and Partners Seek $7 Billion to Prevent Catastrophe in the Horn of Africa
With "crisis atop of crisis" threatening millions in the Horn of Africa, the international community cannot afford to stand idly by, Secretary-General António Guterres said at a pledging event to raise $7 billion for the region, held at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
UN conference pledges $2.4bn to head off Horn of Africa famine
UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations-backed conference raised $2.4 billion Wednesday to prevent famine in the Horn of Africa, which is reeling from its worst drought in decades as global temperatures rise. The money will provide life-saving assistance for nearly 32 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, the world body’s humanitarian agency OCHA said in a statement. “Famine has been averted, thanks in part to the tremendous efforts of l…
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