The United Nations says it is releasing $100 million in aid for seven countries to help them avoid famine because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Ethiopia, where fighting has broken out between the central government and the northern Tigray region, will receive one fifth of this money.
The other recipients will be Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Yemen.
“No one should view a slide into famine as an inevitable side effect of this pandemic,” says Mark Lowcock, UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs.
“If it happens it is because the world has allowed it to happen. Famine can be prevented. But we have to act in time to make a difference,” Lowcock says in a statement.
“Right now, more money for the aid operation is the quickest and most efficient way to support famine-prevention efforts.”
— AFP
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