Saturday, August 20, 2011

Horn of Africa: Do those who find pleasure in shedding blood of innocents have any concern for these.?



UN: 300,000 children malnourished in Horn of Africa
English.news.cn 
2011-08-20 15:52:13
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BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- The head of the UN Children's Fund says more than 300,000 children in the Horn of Africa are severely malnourished, and in imminent risk of dying from drought and famine.

The U.N. agency says tens of thousands of people have already died in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea and that more than 12 million people in the region need food aid.

UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake said on Friday "the crisis in the Horn of Africa is a human disaster becoming a human catastrophe."

In Somalia alone, he said, 1.4 million children are affected. An estimated 390 thousand are suffering from malnutrition, and nearly 140 thousand are facing imminent death from "severe acute malnutrition." ...  
Editor: Chen Zhi...  (Source: CNTV.cn) 
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