AFRICA: Gov’ts Fail to Invest in Hungriest, Poorest Regions

Inter Press Service: For millennia, people have coped with drought in the Horn of Africa, comprised mainly of drylands. Yet today, more than 13 million people there are starving because of political instability, poor government policies and failure to invest in the world's poorest people, say experts here in Changwon. 2.5 billion dollars in humanitarian aid is needed to cope with a devastating hunger crisis in parts of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Two billion people, half of whom are extremely impoverished,......

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