GOAL Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir, Mark Bowden, the UN’s chief aid representative in Somalia, says that during the past year the Horn of Africa drought and famine crisis has claimed “tens of thousands of lives” in Somalia alone. Mr. Bowden estimates that the famine will last for at least another six or seven months, and during that time […]
Letter to the Editor from Oxfam Ireland CE, Jim Clarken
Dear Sir, I would like to offer a very sincere “Thank You” to the people of Tipperary. This summer, Oxfam appealed to the Irish public to help people suffering from the effects of famine in Somalia; and an extreme food crisis in Kenya and Ethiopia, as East Africa experienced its worst drought in 60 years. […]
GOAL launches scathing attack on UN, asserting that its political response to Somali tragedy has been astonishing
“The UN keep telling the masses that the millions of Somalis face death from starvation – but as an organisation they are not prepared to take any meaningful action to prevent the catastrophe.” Said John O’Shea, GOAL’s CEO, who added, “The United Nations’ Security Council has behaved as though they are oblivious to the cries […]
