Minnesota (Sunatimes) U.S Foreign Ministry officials have held
talks with Somali Americans from the U.S states of Minnesota, Virginia, Ohio
and Seattle to discuss on how to help starving people in the drought hit
regions of Somalia.
The U.S officials briefed members of the Somali American community
on their findings, following a trip to Somali refugee camps in Mogadishu, Kenya
and Ethiopia, where thousands of Somalis are camping after fleeing starvation
in the hardest drought-hit regions in Southern Somalia.
The U.S Foreign Ministry officials said people living in refugee
camps in East Africa are in dare need of immediate humanitarian aid, with most
of the children in the camps severely malnourished.
The officials urged the Somali American community to join the
global efforts aimed at responding to drought situation in Somalia and leave no
stone-unturned in providing desperately needed humanitarian aid to drought
victims in Somalia.
Earlier the community has been soliciting funds for the drought-stricken
Somali population in Southern Somalia who have been badly affected by the
ravaging drought in the Horn of Africa.
By Mohamed Omar
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Somali Americans urged to join global efforts to respond to Somalia drought
The U.S Foreign Ministry officials said people living in refugee camps