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"People should be outraged and consider it truly a moral black hole that in this world of plenty, people go hungry in these numbers," Webb said. "Human life is very fragile. It helps if there's somebody who cares."

Webb noted Africans don't have the luxury of giving up, because the lives of their children and parents hang in the balance. "That means that we, too, must never give up," he said, "for however long that is and for however long it takes."

Deann Alford, a CT senior news writer, is based in Austin, Texas.

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News elsewhere on the famine includes:

The Famine is a Silent Tsunami | Although the rains have been pounding many areas of East Africa in recent weeks, they came too late to end the hunger crisis that threatens some eight million people in Kenya's Northeastern province. Here, the situation still remains critical. (The East African, Nairobi, May 23, 2006)

Famine In East Africa | Littlest victims of drought, poverty (San Francisco Chronicle, March 30, 2006)

Famine threatens East Africa | The number of people threatened by famine in drought-hit East Africa has soared by about two million as conditions continue to deteriorate in Ethiopia and Kenya, officials said on Tuesday. (News 24, South Africa, Jan. 17, 2006)

Millions at risk from East African famine | Millions of people are at risk of suffering the effects of famine as the dry season approaches in three East African countries, according to a humanitarian group. (CBC News, Canada, Dec. 30, 2005)

USAID's Famine Early Warning Systems Network has up-to-date information on food security in the region.

World Vision has more on the food shortage, as well as ways to help.

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