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Severe hunger threatens millions in Somalia as climate emergency deepens
Source: The Guardian
Severe hunger threatens millions in Somalia as climate emergency deepens
Aid efforts to help communities struggling to recover from drought compounded by continuing conflict, aggravated by al-Shabaab
Jason Burke and Abdalle Ahmed Mumin in Mogadishu
Thu 29 Aug 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Thu 29 Aug 2019 07.45 BST
Somalia faces a new humanitarian crisis with more than 2 million people now threatened by severe hunger, aid agencies say.
A further 3 million people are uncertain of their next meal, latest assessments suggest.
The new emergency comes two years after the threat of a major disaster in the unstable east African state was averted by timely aid from the international community.
Experts describe the crisis as a “climate emergency” and say communities are still struggling to recover from the lengthy drought that ended in 2017.
So far donors have promised less than half of the $1bn (£0.8bn) the UN and other agencies say is required.
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Aid efforts to help communities struggling to recover from drought compounded by continuing conflict, aggravated by al-Shabaab
Jason Burke and Abdalle Ahmed Mumin in Mogadishu
Thu 29 Aug 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Thu 29 Aug 2019 07.45 BST
Somalia faces a new humanitarian crisis with more than 2 million people now threatened by severe hunger, aid agencies say.
A further 3 million people are uncertain of their next meal, latest assessments suggest.
The new emergency comes two years after the threat of a major disaster in the unstable east African state was averted by timely aid from the international community.
Experts describe the crisis as a “climate emergency” and say communities are still struggling to recover from the lengthy drought that ended in 2017.
So far donors have promised less than half of the $1bn (£0.8bn) the UN and other agencies say is required.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/aug/29/severe-hunger-threatens-millions-somalia-climate-emergency-deepens
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