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Benn pushes for Niger crisis fund
A humanitarian fund should be set up to
give the UN cash on demand to tackle
crises like Niger, the International
Development Secretary has said.
Hilary Benn says the current system of
reacting to emergencies "doesn't work".
He was speaking as a flight organised
by Save the Children, with 41 tons of
emergency feeding supplies on board,
set off for drought-hit Niger.
Oxfam's Phil Bloomer contrasted the
situation with "substantial and swift"
funding always found for Iraq.
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