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Complacency could spell disaster for one million children in Horn of Africa
30 Nov 2006 09:30:00 GMT
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Complacency could spell disaster for one million children in Horn of Africa

As floodwaters and political tensions continue to rise in the Horn of Africa, Save the Children is calling on the permanent members of the UN security council to put pressure on warring factions and neighbouring countries not to fuel a war that could affect up to one million children.

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A Somali women carries a sack of food aid on her head to her makeshift home on the road along the Juba river in southern Somalia near the village of Jamame December 6, 2006. Up to 1.8 million people are at risk from cholera, measles, malaria and other killer diseases following major floods across the Horn of Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. The United Nations agency said it was deeply concerned about health conditions in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia after heavy rains in October and November damaged water and sanitation systems there and forced people into crowded living spaces. Photo taken December 6, 2006.