Food pledges to 21 African nations hardest...

Food pledges to 21 African nations hardest hit by the continent’s worst famine in recent history make up only two-thirds the amount needed to prevent mass death from starvation, a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization report said. The report also said that only half the promised food aid has been delivered. It said the United States has offered 2.1 million tons, the European Economic Community 1.3 million tons and the Soviet Union only 3,500 tons, a mere 100 tons more than Algeria, a North African country whose food shortages are less severe than its neighbors.