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The FAO on Monday announced a 10-year strategy to deal with poverty and famines in the Horn of Africa. The strategy on food security, agricultural development and related issues was aimed at Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda, a press release from the agency stated. The long-term goal was to free the countries from dependence on external assistance and to restore people’s basic human rights, especially the right to food, it said. “Governments and donors need to reassess their approach to addressing absolute poverty and food insecurity by providing more resources and targeting their assistance to the poorest communities, especially those living in the most neglected parts of the region,” the FAO report added.
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