Somalia: Erdogan Says West Ignores Famine in Somalia

The West has ignored the plight of 14 million people facing famine in Africa, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. Turkey would continue to stand alongside "suffering people trying to keep alive in poverty," he added at an Ankara press conference with Somalian President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.

"At least 14 million people, mostly women and children, are starving in Africa," he said. "Many developed western countries play the ostrich in the face of such human tragedies."

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