Article 4GKXQ Two million people at risk of starvation as drought returns to Somalia

Two million people at risk of starvation as drought returns to Somalia

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Rebecca Ratcliffe
from Environment | The Guardian on (#4GKXQ)

Agencies sound the alarm over 'climate crisis' after devastation of crops and livestock

More than 2 million people could face starvation by the end of the summer, unless there are urgent efforts to respond to the drought in Somalia.

Mark Lowcock, the UN's humanitarian chief, said the country is facing one of the driest rainy seasons in more than three decades, and a "rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation".

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