Pope Appeals for Aid to Drought and Violence-Stricken Somalia
- Pope Leo XIV urged the international community to provide more assistance to Somalia, where violence and extreme weather are worsening humanitarian conditions, especially for women and children.
- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said only one-third of its reduced Somalia aid budget had been funded.
- The World Food Programme reduced food assistance from 2 million people to 600,000, while below-average rainfall forced families to move herds in search of water.
- UNICEF reported that about 4.8 million people in Somalia need urgent aid, including 3 million children, and that 1.9 million children face acute malnutrition.
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The Pontiff expressed his concern about the situation in some areas of the country, where violence and extreme weather events are aggravating the living conditions of the population. According to UNICEF, about 4.8 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance.
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Pope appeals for aid to drought and violence-stricken Somalia
Pope Leo XIV called for international solidarity with Somalia, where ongoing violence and extreme weather are making an already severe humanitarian crisis even worse. “With great concern,” the pontiff said Sunday, “I am following the humanitarian crisis unfolding in certain areas of Somalia.” “[A]cts of violence and extreme weather events are exacerbating the already precarious living conditions of the population,” the pontiff said, “particularl…
ROME (ITALPRESS) "I am following with great concern the humanitarian crisis in some areas of Somalia, where episodes of violence and extreme climatic phenomena are worsening the already precarious living conditions of the population. I hope a generous involvement of the international community so that we do not lack the necessary assistance to our brothers. "It is the appeal launched by Pope Leo XIV during the Angelus. "Photo Ipa Agency " (ITALP…
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Pope Leo XIV called for a "gender commitment" of the international community so that there is no lack of assistance to the people of Somalia, where a serious humanitarian crisis is taking place.
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