DR Congo faces food insecurity despite aid
In war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, aid is not turning into food security – leaving populations close to famine. Bureaucracy can lead to food sitting in warehouses while local communities face hunger [Molly McCluskey/Al Jazeera] Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo – When the World Food Programme delivered aid to internally displaced people in the camps nearest to Goma, it did so after several months of warnings that funding shortages could lead to famine conditions. Months had passed since the last delivery of aid to the camps. During…
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Yes, hang down your head in shame, Africa! Only four heads of state were seen at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa to discuss assistance to the starving Africans in the Horn of Africa. Twelve million people are in great danger of starving to death. A famine is raging, wasting a whole region.