Hunger Levels Soar in East Africa

The nations of East Africa are suffering from hunger, drought, and the rocketing food prices. John Holmes, the top UN humanitarian official, states that what they need essentially is more funds. 75 million more people have been pushed into the ranks of world's hungry last year, which brings the total up to 950 million people. Nearly 17 million people in the Horn of Africa are is in urgent need of food and other aid; almost twice as many as earlier this year, the UN has said.The total number of money needed for the nations is $1.4 billion. Though almost half of that had been raised, there remains a shortfall of $715 million. $700 million (£382 million) emergency aid is needed to prevent the region from descending into full scale famine.
This article is critical because it shows how life is like in the most of East Africa; and how effective it is. It also shows the world community is not allowing this to happen, therefore they are doing what they can to help the East African nation. Though, there are still many suffering from drought, hunger, and the food price.s
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