A third Turkish cargo plane carrying food and medical supplies took off for the Somalian capital Mogadishu on Thursday as part of Turkey's aid campaign. According to the semi-official Anatolia news agency, the plane is carrying 40 tons of food and medical supplies to drought-stricken Somalia. The first two planes carrying aid to Somalia departed Monday with 50 tons of food and medical supplies on board. Turkey launched the aid campaign to help efforts to fight hunger in eastern Africa where the World Food Programme estimates that 10 million people already need humanitarian aid. The UN Children's Fund estimates that more than 2 million children are malnourished and in need of lifesaving action in the region.