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Kenya: UN agency stocks run low as drought leaves millions more in need of aid

With drought devastating parts of Kenya, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is warning of a humanitarian disaster in the country without new donations to help millions of people who will need outside assistance to survive.

If WFP does not obtain fresh contributions, Kenya will run out of food aid within weeks for 2.5 million people in the drought-stricken north and east, the Rome-based agency said today.

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