KHARTOUM - Somalia's President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed says Arab and African aid for his famine-ravaged country lacks coordination, Sudanese state media reported yesterday. His comments came during a visit to Sudan a week ahead of a donor conference for Somalia's drought victims to be hosted by the African Union in Addis Ababa.
Arab and African support for alleviating the famine in Somalia was "good but lacks coordination", he said after meeting President Omar al-Bashir on Monday.
He was speaking at the start of a two-day visit to Khartoum to drum up support for his country, which is at the epicentre of the Horn of Africa famine that has already killed tens of thousands of Somalis.
His meeting with Bashir focused on ways to coordinate the relief efforts, Ahmed said.
The UN says $2,48billion (R16,56billion) is needed in the region.
AU aid for Somalia 'not coordinated'
KHARTOUM - Somalia's President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed says Arab and African aid for his famine-ravaged country lacks coordination, Sudanese state media reported yesterday. His comments came during a visit to Sudan a week ahead of a donor conference for Somalia's drought victims to be hosted by the African Union in Addis Ababa.
Arab and African support for alleviating the famine in Somalia was "good but lacks coordination", he said after meeting President Omar al-Bashir on Monday.
He was speaking at the start of a two-day visit to Khartoum to drum up support for his country, which is at the epicentre of the Horn of Africa famine that has already killed tens of thousands of Somalis.
His meeting with Bashir focused on ways to coordinate the relief efforts, Ahmed said.
The UN says $2,48billion (R16,56billion) is needed in the region.
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