Drought warnings in the Horn of Africa ignored for a year – now 747s have to fly in with emergency goods
admin July 18th, 2011
‘Communication problems’ meant that warnings one year ago forecasting a drought in the Horn of Africa were ignored by planners who could have prepared a timely response. The result is a massive airlift costing huge sums of money.
No one is in any doubt that the drought that is hitting the Horn of Africa at the moment is a major humanitarian crisis but compare and contrast these two stories that relate to it.
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