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UN emergency food aid in Somalia may halt by April amid severe hunger

World • Feb 20
UN emergency food aid in Somalia may halt by April amid severe hunger
Life‑saving emergency food and nutrition assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) in Somalia could be forced to a halt by April due to a lack of funding, the United Nations agency has said. In a report published on Friday, the WFP warned that the country is facing one of the most complex hunger crises in recent years, driven by two consecutive failed rainy seasons, conflict and a sharp drop in humanitarian funding. The warning comes as at least 4.4 million people, roughly a quarter of the population, face crisis-levels of food insecurity or worse, including nearly one million women, men and children experiencing severe hunger, according to WFP data. Ranked among the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, Somalia has endured recurrent droughts and floods. “The situation...
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