UN seeks more funds to avert Africa food crisis
- 12 years ago
The United Nations is calling for increased aid from donors to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Africa's drought-hit Sahel region.
John Holmes, the outgoing head of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said more than $229m was still needed to respond to the crisis in Niger, the worst hit of the countries in the region.
Holmes said UN agencies and non-governmental organisations were present on the ground in Niger and better prepared to respond than during a similar crisis five years ago, but need to "step up that capacity even further ... because people have no food or where there's food, they need money to buy it". (July 21, 2010)
John Holmes, the outgoing head of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said more than $229m was still needed to respond to the crisis in Niger, the worst hit of the countries in the region.
Holmes said UN agencies and non-governmental organisations were present on the ground in Niger and better prepared to respond than during a similar crisis five years ago, but need to "step up that capacity even further ... because people have no food or where there's food, they need money to buy it". (July 21, 2010)