聯合國：索馬里饑荒結束，糧援需求巨大

The United Nations has officially declared an end to the famine in Somalia, but warns that nearly a third of the war-torn country's population is still in need of food aid.

The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said Friday that because of a good harvest and humanitarian aid, parts of southern Somalia have improved from famine conditions to a less-severe "emergency."

But FAO Director-General Jose Graziano warned those gains were fragile and could be reversed without continued support. He said: "We got this season more than 200 percent improvements in some food staple crops and we can do that (again) if we are able to support the farmers in this forthcoming 90 days. We have less than 100 days to avoid another famine in the region, that is the important message."

The Horn of Africa is emerging from its worst drought in 60 years. The drought killed tens of thousands of people, and forced hundreds of thousands of Somalis to flee to refugee camps in Kenya, Ethiopia, and the Somali capital of Mogadishu in search of food and water.

At the height of the crisis, three-quarters of a million people were at risk of dying. The FAO said Friday that more than 2.3 million Somalis still need humanitarian assistance.聯合國正式宣佈索馬里饑荒結束，但警告說索馬里這個飽受戰火蹂躪的國家將近三分之一的人口仍然需要糧食援助。

聯合國糧農組織星期五表示，由於糧食收成不錯再加上人道主義援助，索馬里南部部分地區的饑荒狀況已經有所改善，從饑荒狀態改善到嚴重程度有所下降的“緊急狀態”。

但聯合國糧農組織總幹事格拉齊亞諾警告說，取得的進展仍很脆弱，在得不到繼續幫助的情況下可能會發生逆轉。

非洲之角正在逐步擺脫60年來最嚴重的乾旱。旱災導致數以萬計的人喪生，並迫使數以百萬計的索馬里人逃到肯尼亞、埃塞俄比亞和首都摩加迪沙的難民營中尋找食物和水。

在危機最嚴重期間，75萬人面臨死亡的威脅。糧農組織星期五表示，230多萬索馬里人仍然需要人道主義援助。