From Arab News: Kingdom extends helping hand to Horn of Africa

Sunday, 31 July 2011

Mothers from southern Somalia are seen with their malnourished children at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Saturday. (AP)

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By GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN

Saudi Arabia has donated SR225 million in aid to Horn of Africa countries that have been hit by a massive drought affecting millions of people.
Other Gulf states have also come forward with donations to help the African countries, where about 500,000 children are in need of urgent help including food and medicine.

“The countries in the Horn of Africa hit by famine — Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti and Eritrea — have welcomed the Saudi support,” said Mohammed Ali, charge d’affaires at the Ethiopian Embassy in Riyadh, on Saturday.

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