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
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Sudan pledges substantial aid to Somalia
The president said that Bashir expressed readiness to aid Somalia