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East African Drought ‘Most Catastrophic’ in a Generation: Cameron
July 18, 2011

Internally displaced women with their children from southern Somalia waitung to receive food rations at a feeding center in southern Mogadishu on Sunday. The UN says it has made its first delivery of aid to a rebel-held Somalia region in two years, as calls mounted for more international help to deal with the devastating drought in the Horn of Africa. War-torn Somalia is the worst affected country by a severe drought that has hit the region, prompting appeals for increased aid to some 10 million people facing starvation, according to UN figures. (AFP Photo) Internally displaced women with their children from southern Somalia waitung to receive food rations at a feeding center in southern Mogadishu on Sunday. The UN says it has made its first delivery of aid to a rebel-held Somalia region in two years, as calls mounted for more international help to deal with the devastating drought in the Horn of Africa. War-torn Somalia is the worst affected country by a severe drought that has hit the region, prompting appeals for increased aid to some 10 million people facing starvation, according to UN figures. (AFP Photo)
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Pretoria, South Africa. British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday la belled the drought in east Africa the worst catastrophe to hit the region in a generation, urging the world to take “urgent and decisive action.”

“It is becoming increasingly clear that what we are seeing today is the most catastrophic situation in that region for a generation,” he said during a press conference in Pretoria at the start of his African tour.

“Tens of thousands may have died already, many of them children under five,” he said, urging the world to take “urgent and decisive action.”

Britain on Saturday promised 52 million pounds (59 million euro, 73 million dollars) in emergency aid, and Cameron urged other nations to follow suit.

“I would urge those who are still considering their responses to act without delay,” he said.

The Horn of Africa’s current drought is its worst in decades.

The UN children’s agency, Unicef, estimates that more than two million children in the Horn of Africa region are malnourished and need urgent help, while some 500,000 of them face imminent, life-threatening conditions.

Agence France-Presse