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December 14, 2011

U.N. Seeks Record $1.5 Billion for Somali Crisis 
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The United Nations has issued a record $1.5 billion appeal for the
humanitarian crisis in Somalia. On Tuesday, the U.N. humanitarian
coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden, said the famine that has killed
tens of thousands of people could worsen over the next year.

Mark Bowden: "We are literally on a knife edge this year, If we don't
sustain our operations, I think we could see serious problems develop,
the areas that have recovered perhaps moving back into famine-like
conditions and also increasing displacement."



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