http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4744812.stm
UN warns world on Africa drought
The world is in danger of allowing a drought in East Africa to become a humanitarian catastrophe, the UN warns..........
Around 11 million people are in serious danger in Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Djibouti, the UN estimates.........
"I'm afraid that we will go from a crisis to a disaster to a catastrophe if help is not provided in time," he said...........
The crisis is so bad in some parts of northern Kenya that families are being forced to eat insects, wild berries and squirrels to stay alive, Oxfam has found.
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