Global action needed on East Africa hunger crisis, Oxfam says
By France24
24 March 2022 |
1:27 pm
Widespread hunger across East Africa could become "a catastrophe" without an injection of funds to the region's most vulnerable communities, the international aid group Oxfam warned Tuesday.
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