China donates second batch of food aid worth 41.5 million RMB to Djibouti following the 2011-2012 East Africa drought (Linked to #59622, #59621)

Between July 2011 and mid-2012, a severe drought affected the entire East African region causing severe food shortages in countries like Djibouti. In response, on August 15, 2011, Premier Wen Jiabao announced that the Chinese government would donate food aid to Djibouti worth 50 million RMB. It was delivered in two batches: one on November 13, 2011 (project #59622) and another on December 18, 2011. This second batch was worth 41.5 million RMB and included items such as rice, flour, and oil. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service records this donation in flow ID #87767. Project #59621 captures another batch of Chinese emergency food aid in support of drought victims in Djibouti worth 10 million RMB.

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There are no sources explicitly describing this donation as worth 41.5 million RMB. However, we know that the first batch of the overall 50 million RMB donation was worth 8.5 million RMB, so the math produces that 41.5 million RMB figure.

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