China donates food aid worth 10 million RMB to Djibouti following the 2011-2012 East Africa drought (Linked to #85132, #59622)

Between July 2011 and mid-2012, a severe drought affected the entire East African region causing severe food shortages in countries like Djibouti. On July 27, 2011, the Chinese Government announced it would provide 90 million yuan in food aid to drought-affected countries in Africa, including 10 million yuan to Djibouti, 30 million yuan to Kenya (see Project ID#73729), and 50 million yuan to Ethiopia (see Project ID#1455). On August 4 and 7, 2011, Chinese and Djiboutian government officials signed an exchange of letters for emergency food assistance worth 10 million RMB. The assistance was officially handed over to the Djibouti side on October 20, 2011. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service records this donation in flow ID #87656.

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Projects #85132 and #59621 capture two additional batches of Chinese government food aid to Djibouti worth a total of 50 million RMB.

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