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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10427

27 July 2011
GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/horn of africa
Emergency aid but also long-term food security

Brussels, 26/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - The extraordinary ministerial meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), convened as a matter of urgency in Rome on 25 July, has drawn the international community's attention to the urgency of the situation in the Horn of Africa. $1.6 billion is needed this year to save lives and the means of livelihood of the vulnerable population in this drought-stricken region, where 11 million people are threatened with famine. The 191 participant...

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