Drought-affected Somalis get food aid: WFP

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Drought-affected Somalis get food aid: WFP

The World Food Program (WFP) confirmed Tuesday that thousands of vulnerable people in northern Somalia have received life-saving food rations over the past three weeks.

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The World Food Program (WFP) confirmed Tuesday that thousands of vulnerable people in northern Somalia have received life-saving food rations over the past three weeks.

"We have managed to reach nearly 77,000 people affected by the most severe drought in the region for more than twenty years," said Robert Hauser, WFP country director for Somalia, in a press release.

The UN agency said it had delivered 732 tons of mixed food commodities to 39 villages in Somaliland.

"WFP is appealing to the international community for additionalresources to compensate for spending on drought relief," said Hauser.

"Other programs to support tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS patients as well as work in the fields of education and water cannot be left unresourced without human cost," he added.

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