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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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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)
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Boy with pot of gruel camp at Badbaado IDP camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. (VOA - P. Heinlein)
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Woman carrying baby asleep going to get food at Badbaado IDP camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, August 11, 2011. (VOA - P. Heinlein)