U.N. to Airdrop Food in Somali Rural Areas
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<i> Associated Press</i>
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The United Nations plans to start airdropping food Friday to remote rural areas of Somalia, a new phase in the relief effort to keep starving villagers from flooding the cities.
The first beneficiaries of the airdrops will be the southwest villages of Tigieglo and El-Garas, Tom Lecato, an American in charge of the U.N. World Food Program, said Wednesday.
Food deliveries have been increasing to Somalia, where 2 million people face starvation.
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