Africa: World Food Day - the Need to Plan Ahead

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The Horn of Africa, and Somalia in particular, is currently in the grip of a serious food crisis. To coincide with World Food Day on Sunday, 16 October 2011, Agnès Dhur, head of the ICRC Economic Security Unit, talks about the causes and humanitarian consequences of food difficulties. She explains that the ICRC must anticipate when they will arise in order to improve its response.

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