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From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Mon Jul 04 2011 - 20:12:23 EDT
Video interview: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14009031
Mitchell: UK aid for Ethiopia 'to prevent catastrophe'
3 July 2011 Last updated at 15:35
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The UK has pledged £38m ($61m) in food aid to drought-hit Ethiopia - enough
to feed 1.3m people for three months.
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said "direct
intervention", managed by the World Food Programme, was needed top stop a
catastrophe.
The African country faces its worst drought for a decade with an estimated
3.2m people in need of emergency aid.
The UN has called for international aid across the Horn of Africa where 10
million people are affected.
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