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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | Africa Famine Firsthand Report | PBS

Duration: 04:17
Program: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly #1450
Broadcast Date: Aug. 12, 2011

'The biggest challenge is the sheer volume of people", says Tony Hall, former US ambassador to the UN World Food Program. Every day an estimated 1,500 malnourished refugees cross the Somalia-Kenya border to escape Somalia's widening famine.

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Post Date: August 12, 2011