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Africa famine could be 'scandal of the century'

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25 July 2011 Last updated at 05:58 ET

Africa famine could be 'scandal of the century'

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The BBC's Andrew Harding says getting aid deeper into Somalia "is very slow, very complicated and... very dangerous""

East Africa hunger crisis

Fleeing to a war zone

Why Somalia can't cope

Babies left to die

Q&A: East Africa drought

The world has "failed to ensure food security",

France's agriculture minister has said at the UN food agency crisis talks on East Africa's drought.

"If we don't take the necessary measures, famine will be the scandal of this century," AFP news agency quotes Bruno Le Maire as saying in Rome.

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