Famine Is Declared in Sixth Region of Somalia; 750,000 May Starve to Death
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The United Nations declared a famine in a sixth region of Somalia, where tens of thousands of people have died this year and 750,000 more are at risk of starvation. “There is a continuing deterioration,” UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Mark Bowden told reporters in Nairobi today. “Other areas of the country are falling into the critical category and in need of assistance, which includes parts of the north of the country as well.” Hundreds of people, at least half of them children, are dying every day in Somalia and the food crisis will probably persist until at least the end of the year, Grainne Moloney, chief technical officer of the UN Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit,…
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