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Group calls for Niger aid
NEW YORK (JTA) — The American Jewish Congress-Council for World Jewry called on the international community to urgently address the prospect of mass starvation in Niger.
Monday's call comes after the inaugural meeting last week of the group's Consultative Committee on Africa-Jewish Relations at the United Nations.
The meeting with 19 African diplomats sought issues on which the AJCongress and African nations could collaborate, and the issue of the critical food shortfall facing Niger was raised. Two and a half million people, including 800,000 children, are in dire need of emergency food aid, the AJCongress-Council for World Jewry said in a statement.
Monday's call comes after the inaugural meeting last week of the group's Consultative Committee on Africa-Jewish Relations at the United Nations.
The meeting with 19 African diplomats sought issues on which the AJCongress and African nations could collaborate, and the issue of the critical food shortfall facing Niger was raised. Two and a half million people, including 800,000 children, are in dire need of emergency food aid, the AJCongress-Council for World Jewry said in a statement.
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