"John le Carré, whose book The Constant Gardener was made into a Hollywood blockbuster, has joined an appeal for funds to save millions of Kenyans from starvation in the area where the film was shot.
"In the worst drought of the decade, 3.5 million people in northern Kenya are in imminent danger of starving to death, dying of thirst, or being killed in fights for survival," he said. "Wouldn't it be wonderful if, this time round, we devoted as much money and energy to saving 3.5 million of our fellow citizens as we do to making war in other regions of the globe."
Yet again, another distaster confronts the people of an African nation. The figures of the people at risk are mind-bogling! And where is the rest of the world? - and those G8 leaders who spoke so piously at their Conference last year how Africa was in their focus for assistance?
Read the full article in The Independent on the looming crisis in Kenya.
"In the worst drought of the decade, 3.5 million people in northern Kenya are in imminent danger of starving to death, dying of thirst, or being killed in fights for survival," he said. "Wouldn't it be wonderful if, this time round, we devoted as much money and energy to saving 3.5 million of our fellow citizens as we do to making war in other regions of the globe."
Yet again, another distaster confronts the people of an African nation. The figures of the people at risk are mind-bogling! And where is the rest of the world? - and those G8 leaders who spoke so piously at their Conference last year how Africa was in their focus for assistance?
Read the full article in The Independent on the looming crisis in Kenya.
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