Aid agency, Oxfam, urges governments to take action to prevent the preventable

As East African leaders gather in Nairobi today to take part in a regional summit to end drought emergencies in the Horn of Africa, the international aid agency Oxfam says governments must take on greater responsibility and accountability in responding to the disaster. Ambitious but unrealised policies need to be turned into action on the ground, and detailed action plans with clear timelines, budgets and priorities must be laid out, if governments are to ensure that predictable future droughts do not spiral into full-blown crisis.

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