US gives $105 million relief to Horn of Africa

US gives $105 million relief to Horn of Africa

The United States has approved an additional 105 million dollars in humanitarian aid for the Horn of Africa, where famine is spreading in Somalia.

White house spokesman, Jay Carney said this on Tuesday.

Humanitarian aid

According to Carney, the money, from the US President, Barack Obama's Emergency Relief and Migration Assistance Fund, will provide urgently needed food, health, shelter, water and sanitation assistance to those who desperately need help.

Report says that the United States has provided about 565 million dollars in humanitarian aid so far this year.

About 3.6 million people are at risk of starvation in Somalia and 12 million people across the Horn of Africa, including in Ethiopia and Kenya, the United Nations says.

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