Last week, Oxfam and Save the Children published a report titled "A Dangerous Delay". The report details how, despite clear early-warning indicators of an upcoming drought and consequent famine in the Horn of Africa, the international community was too late to respond.
While the first clear signals of a major drought came as early as August 2010, it was not until a year later, in July 2011, that the international community started to react. The relief efforts mainly started after the UN officially declared a famine in southern Somalia, and the drought - finally - hit the international press.
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