Tuesday, March 28, 2017

On the brink of famine: Worst humanitarian crisis hits as Trump slashes foreign aid

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On the brink of famine: Worst humanitarian crisis hits as Trump slashes foreign aid

On the brink of famine: Worst humanitarian crisis hits as Trump slashes foreign aidThe world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years has been declared in three African countries on the brink of famine, just as President Donald Trump’s proposed foreign aid cuts threaten to pull the United States from its historic role as the world’s top emergency donor. The conflict-fueled hunger crises in Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan have culminated in a trio of potential famines hitting almost simultaneously. “We are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations,” Stephen O’Brien, the U.N. humanitarian chief, told the U.N. Security Council after a visit this month to Somalia and South Sudan.


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