ERITREA: UN officials warn of “silent emergency”
20.11.2003
UN officials have warned of a move towards a “silent humanitarian emergency” in Eritrea unless the level of international aid is sustained. Christian Balslev-Oleson, country representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), pointed out that malnutrition among women and children in the traditional breadbasket regions of Gash Barka and Anseba was rising rapidly.