Posted on 02/22/2017 5:15:07 PM PST by Olog-hai
The United Nations needs $4.4 billion by the end of March to prevent catastrophic hunger and famine in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen, yet just $90 million has been collected so far, Secretary-General António Guterres said Wednesday.
With over 20 million people at risk of starvation over the next six months and famine already declared in parts of South Sudan, “we are facing a tragedy,” Guterres said.
“We must avoid it becoming a catastrophe.”
Convening reporters for a briefing at the U.N. headquarters, Guterres amplified concerns that U.N. officials and humanitarian groups have expressed in recent weeks about the lack of food in the four nations. While they differ in many ways, their plights all are connected by a thread of violent conflict, Guterres noted. Drought is also a factor, particularly in Somalia. …
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Funniest video EVER. Thanks.
Use some of that climate change money.
South Sudan is to where the Christians flee from Sudan.
What they spend on hooked and alcohol should cover it.
Hookers
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