Mogadishu (Sunatimes) Somalia’s president, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, has confirmed that Sudan has offered to provide substantial aid to his drought-stricken country, where the United Nations declared famine last month in two regions.

President Sharif who is in Sudan for an official visit told Sudan news agency (SUNA) that his talks with president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir on the situation in Somalia focused on the drought and the kind of support Khartoum can provide.

The president said that Bashir expressed readiness to aid Somalia and told him that one is currently in the works.

According to the Sudan Tribune, Sudan is ranked 21 on the list released by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) of the top 30 nations giving money for victims of the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa.

By Hawo Abdulle