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Somalia: Starvation Kills Over 100 As Famine Looms
DW, 4 March 2017
The UN has said 5 million people are at risk, and thousands have already begun streaming into the capital in search of food. Aid efforts are being hampered by a lack of… Read more »
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Somalia: Drought Forces Children Out of School
Al Jazeera, 4 March 2017
A third of children in Somalia's drought-affected areas are at risk of dropping out of school, the UN says, as a shortage of food and water has left more than 6.2 million people… Read more »
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Somalia: Hassan Ali Khaire - Hunger, Disease Kill 110 in Two Days
Al Jazeera, 4 March 2017
Somalia's prime minister has announced the deaths of at least 110 people due to hunger and diarrhoea in the country over the past 48 hours amid a drought in the Bay region. Read more »
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Somalia: IOM Launches Emergency Appeal Amid Famine Warning
VOA, 4 March 2017
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for $24.6 million to provide life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable victims of… Read more »