Preventing a crisis in Somalia becoming a catastrophe

From Oxfam Horn, East and Central Africa Blog Thu May 8 2014, 13:41:59

2.9 million Somalis are in humanitarian need while the world looks the other way New emergencies seem to hit the world on a monthly basis. Right now we are grappling with situations in the DRC, South Sudan, Sudan, Central African Republic and Syria to name just a few.  Having worked on many disasters for Oxfam [...]

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