Conference to Fundraise for Drought Crisis

African leaders have held a fundraising conference in Ethiopia in a bid to plug a US$1.1 billion shortfall in aid for millions facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades.
 
African Union (AU) commission spokesperson, Noureddine Mezni, points out that, "We want an action-oriented conference. We don't want words, we want action."
 
Mezni says that the AU is calling for contributions to plug the $1.1 billion funding shortfall, adding that, "The African private sector should be involved too"
 
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