The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu follows with deep concern the threats looming over millions of people due the drought affecting a large swath of land in central and southern Somalia and the Horn of Africa. The Secretary General has called for immediate relief assistance to be extended to the millions of people who might suffer death by starvation in these regions due to drought and continued wars that led the escalation of the crisis. Prof. Ihsanoglu also called on Muslim countries in particular, together with Islamic charity and relief organizations, and businessmen, in Ramadan, to provide urgent and immediate food and medical assistance and contributions, both in cash and kind, to come to grips with the effects of the drought in these regions, within the spirit of brotherhood, integration and solidarity among all nations, according to a press release of OIC issued here yesterday.
