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Somalia Famine
More than 12 million people face hunger and starvation in the Horn of Africa. The UNHCR calls the drought, which is gripping Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, and Somalia, the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Somalia is particularly hard hit. The United Nations has officially declared several regions in south-central Somalia famine zones.
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Two pro-government militiamen pass a bullet-pocked building in the deserted Bakara Market. (VOA - P. Heinlein)
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An African Union armored personnel carrier enters the heavily-fortified AMISOM Headquarters in Mogadishu. (VOA - P. Heinlein)
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Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, 12 August 2011. (VOA - G. Joselow)
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Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, 12 August 2011. (VOA - G. Joselow)