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Somalia: More Than Half a Million Children Face Catastrophic Hunger
allAfrica, 14 September 2022
The number of Somalia's youngest children – those aged under five – expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition has leapt from nearly 400,000 to more than half a… Read more »
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Somalia: Somalia On the Brink of Famine - Aid Efforts Risk Failing Marginalised Communities Yet Again
The Conversation Africa, 15 September 2022
Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis of enormous severity and magnitude. This follows four failed rainy seasons, protracted conflict, political instability and the impact of… Read more »
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Somalia: Pending Nightmare - ' Millions At Risk of Famine
DW, 14 September 2022
If nothing is done within days, people in Somalia will start dying, according to the Red Cross. Experts say that lessons from previous famines have to be learned to prevent mass… Read more »
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Somalia: FAO - 300,000 People Facing Famine in Somalia
VOA, 13 September 2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization warns some 6.7 million people in Somalia are likely to suffer from acute hunger this year, including more than 300,000 projected to face… Read more »
Hundreds of Thousands of Somali Children Face Malnutrition
The number of children aged between six and 59 months who are at risk of severe acute malnutrition has increased by a third since June, from 386,000 to 513,000, says the UN Children's Fund. "It's a pending nightmare we have not seen this century," said Unicef spokesperson James Elder.
InFocus
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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 ... Read more »
About 6.7 million people across Somalia are expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity between October and December 2022. The darker the shading on this map, the more serious the crisis.
