APA-Cairo (Egypt) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday ordered the Defense Ministry to send food aid to Ethiopia to help alleviate the food crisis currently besieging that country.
A spokesman of the Egyptian government, Magdi Radi said in Cairo that the ministry was preparing to dispatch two military planes full of different foodstuffs to Ethiopia.
The move came in response to appeals from the international community to provide food aid to help drought - stricken Ethiopia to overcome its current humanitarian crisis.
The Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa has revealed recently plans to provide food aid to several African countries to help them to ease the food crisis. Source African Press Agency
