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Britain gives Ethiopia $6.4 million for child nutrition


    ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Britain will give Ethiopia $6.4 million (3.96 million pounds) to feed and treat 80,000 severely malnourished children across the huge Horn of Africa country, the U.N children's agency UNICEF said Monday.

    The agency says it still needs another $14.7 million for emergency feeding Ethiopia this year.

    The Ethiopian government says 6.2 million people will need emergency food this year. Another 7 million Ethiopians are on a long-running food-for-work scheme.

    (Reporting by Barry Malone)