UN report says Kenyan drought to last into 2010

Published on 19 March 2009

Kenya's drought and food shortages are expected to last until March 2010, seven months longer than previously projected, said a joint Kenya-United Nations report posted online Thursday. (...) As a result of the new assessment, the U.N. food agency is increasing its food aid program in Kenya, said Peter Smerdon, a World Food Program spokesman.

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