The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the end of the second world war with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine, a senior United Nations official has warned. He urged an immediate injection of funds for Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and northeast Nigeria plus safe and unimpeded access for humanitarian aid “to avert a catastrophe.”'Where is the help? ': black tea and dark despair as Somalia edges closer to famine Read more“To be precise,” O’Brien said, “we need $4.4bn by July”. “Already at the beginning of the year we are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations [in 1945],” O’Brien said. “To be clear, we can avert a famine,” O’Brien said.

Source: The Guardian March 11, 2017 02:59 UTC