[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN launches food appeal for Africa’s Sahel region

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Pillay's rise from apartheid-era South Africa to UN human rights chief Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   February 4, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN launches food appeal for Africa's Sahel region The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has called upon nations to contribute more than $2 billion to meet the needs of as many as 20 million "food insecure" people in the Sahel region, including 5 million acutely malnourished children. The European Commission has offered $190 million in aid, and the U.S. wants to integrate short-term help with sustainable development through its Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced program. 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