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India to send food aid to famine-hit Somalia
(NEW DELHI) :- Taking advantage of the bulging food stocks in its godowns, India is getting ready to send emergency food aid to famine-hit Somalia. An announcement is expected to be made over the next few days.
The government is working on a plan to give grain to the World Food Programme ( WFP) for distribution in Somalia, where three new regions have just been declared famine-hit by the UN. Out of a population of roughly 7.5 million, the UN says 3.2 million Somalis are in need of immediate lifesaving assistance. An estimate said about 29,000 children under the age of 5 had died in Somalia.
In the last year, India has advanced food-aid to North Korea as well as offered rice to Bangladesh, during their famine.
W/D: Xafiiska Wararka Bartamaha Muqdisho Soomaaliya
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