UN appeals for $864m humanitarian aid to reach 3.9m Somalis

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UN agencies working in Somalia on Wednesday launched humanitarian appeal, seeking 864 million U.S. dollars to reach 3.9 million people with urgent life-saving assistance.

Peter de Clercq, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia who launched the Humanitarian Response Plan for 2017 in Mogadishu, called on the international community to scaled up humanitarian response through timely support to help meet urgent humanitarian needs.

“The humanitarian situation remains grim for millions of Somalis.

“We are faced with a slight but steady increase in the number of people in need, and most recently with a significant risk of further deterioration to famine,” de Clercq said.

The 2017 plan which is part of a three-year strategy (2016 to 2018) recognises that the drivers of risk and vulnerability in Somalia are largely cyclical and long-running, and cannot be resolved in a single…



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