Watchlist Crisis Alert: Unnatural Disaster in East Africa
For the first time ever, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) is putting out a crisis alert to its annual Emergency Watchlist report. The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ is calling for urgent action in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, with specific concern for intensifying famine in Somalia that has been dangerously neglected by the international community. By the time a famine is officially declared later this year, it will be too late to save hundreds of thousands of lives.