Drought likely to push parts of Somalia into famine by December, warns UN
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World is ‘in the last minute of the 11th hour to save lives’, says humanitarian chief, amid fears that crisis is worse than 2010 famine
Two areas of Somalia are likely to enter a state of famine later this year as the country battles an unrelenting drought and flare-ups of conflict, the UN humanitarian chief has warned.
Martin Griffiths said the latest UN food insecurity analysis had found “concrete indications” that famine would occur in the Baidoa and Burhakaba districts of south-central Somalia between October and December.
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