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LONDON (AP) - Africa may be entering a period of "persistent famine" with drought striking more often, and aid agencies urgently need more money to combat the scourge, according to U.N. officials.
"There is a change in the world's weather pattern that disproportionately affects Africa," James Morris, director of the World Food Program, told reporters in London.
Although disasters have struck from the Asian tsunami to the Pakistani earthquake to flooding in Latin America, "the toughest issues are in Africa, there's no question," Morris said Tuesday. "We've been stretched to our capacity. Overwhelmed."
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