UN agencies launch drought response package to avert famine in Somalia


By Abdi
  • World
  • Friday, 17 Jun 2022

MOGADISHU, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations agencies Thursday launched the minimum response package (MRP), a critical life-saving project that will address urgent needs of more than 100,000 people displaced by the escalating drought in Somalia.

Through the MRP, the World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners said the MRP will help them avert famine by addressing the most pressing needs of those displaced by severe drought.

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