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    Obama announces emergency aid for Africa famine

    Associated Press – Thu, Dec 22, 2011

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is announcing an additional $113 million in emergency aid to the Horn of Africa, where millions of people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are suffering through famine and drought. Tens of thousands have died.

    The new emergency relief assistance will go for food, health, shelter, water and other needs. It is on top of $870 million the U.S. already has provided.

    Obama said in a statement Thursday that the "heartbreaking accounts" from the region "remind us of our common humanity and the need to reach out to people in need."

     

    5 comments

    • Kimmie
      Kimmie  •  Los Angeles, California  •  1 mth 25 days ago
      Makes a lot of dumb sense to me...how much did they say America was in debt? It's nothing for them to sign a check to a company falling apart, only for that company to ask for another bail out. And now shelling out $113M? What's next? Congress pay raise?
    • harp
      harp  •  2 mths ago
      I don't give a #$%$ how starving they are, we do not need to spend a dime on anybody but those in the US. Put that 113 million in food banks here for our starving people.
    • harp
      harp  •  2 mths ago
      Population control and maybe they will not starve. Almost 1B in money we do not have in which there is no guarantee the money will go for food and not weapons for warlords.
      1B to food banks in the US could help thousands of our own citizens.
    • Thunderballs
      Thunderballs  •  2 mths ago
      Lets help them breed some more starving babies.
    • R.A
      R.A  •  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  •  2 mths ago
      I'm sure the local warlords will put the money to good use, might as well of flushed 113 million down a drain.
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