联合国正式宣布索马里饥荒结束，但警告说索马里这个饱受战火蹂躏的国家将近三分之一的人口仍然需要粮食援助。
联合国粮农组织星期五表示，由于粮食收成不错再加上人道主义援助，索马里南部部分地区的饥荒状况已经有所改善，从饥荒状态改善到严重程度有所下降的“紧急状态”。
但联合国粮农组织总干事格拉齐亚诺警告说，取得的进展仍很脆弱，在得不到继续帮助的情况下可能会发生逆转。
非洲之角正在逐步摆脱60年来最严重的干旱。旱灾导致数以万计的人丧生，并迫使数以百万计的索马里人逃到肯尼亚、埃塞俄比亚和首都摩加迪沙的难民营中寻找食物和水。
在危机最严重期间，75万人面临死亡的威胁。粮农组织星期五表示，230多万索马里人仍然需要人道主义援助。
The United Nations has officially declared an end to the famine in Somalia, but warns that nearly a third of the war-torn country's population is still in need of food aid.
The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said Friday that because of a good harvest and humanitarian aid, parts of southern Somalia have improved from famine conditions to a less-severe "emergency."
But FAO Director-General Jose Graziano warned those gains were fragile and could be reversed without continued support. He said: "We got this season more than 200 percent improvements in some food staple crops and we can do that (again) if we are able to support the farmers in this forthcoming 90 days. We have less than 100 days to avoid another famine in the region, that is the important message."
The Horn of Africa is emerging from its worst drought in 60 years. The drought killed tens of thousands of people, and forced hundreds of thousands of Somalis to flee to refugee camps in Kenya, Ethiopia, and the Somali capital of Mogadishu in search of food and water.
At the height of the crisis, three-quarters of a million people were at risk of dying. The FAO said Friday that more than 2.3 million Somalis still need humanitarian assistance.