Horn of Africa: A matter of life and death for 40,000 children-Unicef

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Malnourished child in Hargeysa, Somalia.

NAIROBI,
15 May 2006 (IRIN) - An estimated 40,000 children in the Horn of Africa
risk dying of malnutrition in the coming months, the result of
prolonged regional drought, which has given way to torrential rains,
said the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) on Monday.

Unicef
appealed for US $80 million earlier this year, of which it received
less than half. The agency has called on the international community to
make up for the funding shortfall of $54 million to respond to the
crisis.