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Funds at last coming in for hunger-racked Niger, but more still needed - UN source: UN News Centre | Jul 23, 05 | submitted by Ryan

Niger - Only days after doubling its emergency appeal for Niger, where 2.5 million people face a hunger crisis and thousands of children have already died, the United Nations will again increase the amount it is seeking, but at last funds are coming in after a long period of neglected warnings, the top UN relief coordinator said today.

"Over the last few days, the world has finally woken up, but it took graphic images of dying children for this to happen," Under-Secretary-General Jan Egeland told a news briefing in Geneva. "More money had been received over the last 10 days than over the last 10 months."

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