Friday, October 19, 2012

UN official urges global aid for Somalia




Published 18 October 2012 18:02 552 Views
The UN's humanitarian affairs coordinator for Somalia is calling for international donors to step up assistance. Mark Boden has recently resigned from his post. Mark Bowden, outgoing United Nations humanitarian co-ordinator for Somalia, has called for increased international aid to the Horn of Africa nation. With two million people still dependent on food aid, Bowden says the country's food crisis is not dissipating. Bowden says the international community has "not done enough" to tackle the complex humanitarian challenges the nation faces. Al Jazeera's Peter Greste spoke to Bowden in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
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