Africa: UN Seeks US $3 Billion - Liberia, Sierra Leone, Others to Benefit

The United Nations has launched a new initiative aimed at providing assistance to help more than 50 million people in 30 countries and regions of the world that are ravaged by armed conflicts and other crises. The United Nations is calling on the international community to provide over US$3 billion to help aid some 50 million people in "failed states" or in counties facing civil war or devastated by armed conflicts.