The slow aid to famine stricken East Africa proves that the only thing wrong with Africa, from a Western perspective, is the Africans

Africa Famine: World's Richest Countries Guilty of 'Wilful Neglect' | Common Dreams

Less than a fifth of the £650m urgently needed for the Horn of Africa has been pledged, Oxfam said, with the response from most of Europe "surprisingly slow".

 

An internally displaced Somali girl attends classes at a Muslim Madrasah (Islamic school) outside a makeshift classroom at the Halabokhad IDP settlement in Galkayo, northwest of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, July 20, 2011. (REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya) "There has been a catastrophic breakdown of the world's collective responsibility to act," said Fran Equiza, Oxfam's director in the Horn of Africa.

 

"Several rich governments are guilty of wilful neglect as the aid effort to avert catastrophe in East Africa limps along.

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