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Somalia: Four Steps to Help Avoid Future Famines in Somalia
The New Humanitarian, 12 September 2022
'Just think what would happen if an entire European city died of hunger: I guarantee you, things would change - and fast.' Read more »
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Somalia: UN's Top Humanitarian Forum Warns of 'Tipping Point' As Famine Risk Rises
UN News, 6 September 2022
Somalia is at a "tipping point", with hundreds of thousands of people at immediate risk of famine, the heads of the UN's highest-level humanitarian coordination forum have warned. Read more »
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Somalia: Malnutrition Killing Hundreds of Children, UN Says
DW, 6 September 2022
The fifth drought in as many years has brought Somalia to the brink, raising fears of a deadly famine. Hundreds of children have already died from severe acute malnutrition. Read more »
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Somalia: Final Warning - Famine is at the Door, Says United Nations Relief Chief
UN News, 5 September 2022
As UN relief chief Martin Griffiths warned of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it is delivering more food aid to… Read more »
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Somalia: Explainer - What is Famine?
The New Humanitarian, 5 September 2022
'This is the last minute of the eleventh hour to save lives.' Read more »
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Somalia: Projected Famine in Parts of Somalia this Year as Drought Crisis Cripples the Region
USAID, 6 September 2022
The IPC Famine Review Committee released their projection that, in the absence of an urgent increase in humanitarian assistance, famine is expected to occur in Buur Hakaba and… Read more »
Famine 'At the Door' in Somalia, UN Warns
Famine "is at the door" in Somalia, with "concrete indications" that parts of the south-central Bay region will be in famine between October and December 2022 without an urgent surge in aid, the UN has warned.
A two-year drought, mass displacement, decades of war, and a so-far sluggish aid response means more than seven million people - almost half the population - are already chronically hungry. In May, at least 213,000 people in the Bay region were in "catastrophe" - a technical term for starving.
Somalia's last famine was in 2011, when 250,000 people died as a result of drought and conflict. "The situation and trends resemble those seen in 2010 and 2011, but now they're worse," UN's humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths said.
Women carry sticks and firewood they have collected as they return to an IDP camp in Baidoa, Somalia.
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Somalia: UN Relief Chief Visits Drought Epicentre
VOA, 4 September 2022
United Nations Relief Chief Martin Griffiths has visited Somalia's South West state, the epicenter of the country's severe drought. That drought has already displaced more than 1… Read more »
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Somalia: The UN Says Famine Will Reach Parts of Somalia Later This Year
Shabelle, 6 September 2022
The United Nations says "famine is at the door" in Somalia with "concrete indications" famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just short of a… Read more »
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At least 20 people, including women and children, have been killed and food aid destroyed after militants attacked several vehicles in Somalia's central Hiiraan region. ... Read more »
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The Somali government received 40 containers of food aid from the United Arab Emirates on August 13, 2022, amid concerns over famine in the country. The drought has already ... Read more »
