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WFP: Millions at risk of drought in the Horn of Africa
The UN's food agency warns millions are at risk of hunger in the Horn of Africa.
A warning from the World Food Programme that people at risk from hunger could rise from fourteen to twenty million in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa.
And, Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara names a central banker as his vice president.
(Image: A dried river as a water crisis ensues in the Horn of Africa. Credit: Getty Images)
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