ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders pledged nearly $380 million to help famine-hit families in the Horn of Africa during a donor conference held Thursday.
The African Development Bank announced in a statement a donation of $300 million for long-term development in the Horn of Africa, to be spent by 2013. African nations also pledged $28.8 million in food donations during the conference, held at the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital.
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