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Somalia Died Thousands because of famine|UNO

 the most latest news is brought to you by the newsexcel.com see the detail of this news ,The money comes on the heels of a $105 million relief package President Obama approved this week, bringing the level of U.S. assistance to the Horn of Africa to $508 million. Andrew said he was inspired by images of skeletal babies and stick-thin children he saw on television, which led him to name his campaign Save Somali Children from Hunger. Somalia (Reuters) - The semi-arid lands surrounding the frontier town of Dhobley in southern Somalia have become a dust-bowl, the thorny scrub stripped of all vegetation as famine grips the region and an exodus of the starving empties its villages. "There are hungry people in Ghana but our situation is not as desperate as the people of Somalia," said the skinny, soft-spoken boy. Because of the inability of relief organizations to operate in the regions where famine is greatest, tens of thousands of Somalis have left their homes. Growing r...

there is Famine In Southern Somalia Declared by Un

The UN officially declared famine in two southern Somalia regions Wednesday as the world slowly mobilised to save 12 million people battling hunger in the region's worst drought in 60 years. The United States urged Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab rebels controlling the area to allow the return of relief groups they expelled two years ago, , Valerie Amos, urged the world to make the link between climate change and the drought. Somalia is the most dangerous country in the world to work in, according to the U.N.'s World Food Program, which lost 14 relief workers in the past few years. Looting and attacks on aid convoys occur frequently. WFP head Josette Sheeran said the group is willing to return to southern Somalia if the insurgents guarantee safe passage. "We are absolutely fully committed to going where the hungry are," she said. The extended drought is forcing an estimated 3,000 people a day from Somalia to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia. We speak to Yves van Loo i...