SAN FRANCISCO, November 18, (THEWILL) – The United Nations, UN has released $100 million to Nigeria and six other countries as palliative aid to avert famine in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A statement by the UN under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock said: “Ethiopia, where fighting has broken out between the central government and the northern Tigray region, will receive one-fifth of the money.”
The other recipients are Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Yemen.
“No one should view a slide into famine as an inevitable side effect of this pandemic. If it happens it is because the world has allowed it to happen. Famine can be prevented. But we have to act in time to make a difference. Right now, more money for the aid operation is the quickest and most efficient way to support famine-prevention efforts.
“On a planet where there is more than enough food for everyone, Lowcock wrote, “famines result in agonizing and humiliating deaths. They fuel conflict and war”, Lowcock said in a statement.
