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WFP provides food for drought-affected in Somali region of Ethiopia

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    The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has moved in emergency food aid to help some 640,000 drought-stricken pastoralists in the Somali region of Ethiopia.

    The agency distributed 8,000 mt of food during the month of April. About 13,000 mt were also delivered to Amhara and Tigray regions in drought relief programmes. However, WFP's emergency operation for some 272,000 Ethiopians displaced by the Eritrea-Ethiopia border conflict remains "seriously under-resourced", a WFP report states. Only 12,660 mt have been received to date leaving a net shortfall of 32,711 mt of mixed commodities.

    The agency is appealing for further donor contributions to
    assist the war-displaced.

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