Turkish PM arrives in famine-hit Somalia
Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit relief camps and hospitals in an effort to draw world's attention to country's plight.
Members of the OIC have pledged to donate $350m to assist the drought- and famine-stricken Somalis [Reuters]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Mogadishu to witness the devastation caused by a severe drought that has left about 12 million people in the Horn of Africa facing starvation.
Erdogan's visit is the first by a non-African leader to the conflict-torn Somali capital in nearly two decades.
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