:: Red Cross disgust at neglect of Liberians ::
The
International Red Cross has
expressed it's disgust at the international communities' neglect of the humanitarian
crisis in Liberia which it says has been "
neglected to a point rarely seen even in Africa".
At present 250,000 people are crammed into the capital Monrovia where food + water supplies are running desperately low, following weeks of urban warfare. On Wednesday the United Nations launched a fresh international
appeal to raise $69-million from donors for emergency aid in Liberia.
So far
donor governments have provided less than
22% of the
$42.7-million the
United Nations asked for last November, even though the UN has said that Liberia is suffering "
a human catastrophe of horrific proportions."