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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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Boy slurps a few drops of water from faucet at Badbaado IDP camp, Mogadishu, Somalia, August 11, 2011. (VOA - P. Heinlein)
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Gunman walks through line of women waiting for ration at Badbaado IDP camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, August 11, 2011. (VOA - P. Heinlein)
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Women stand in line with pots to collect rice at Badbaado IDP camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, August 11, 2011. (VOA - P. Heinlein)
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An internally displaced Somali woman holds her malnourished child while awaiting medical attention at Al-Adala settlement in Mogadishu, August 11, 2011. (Reuters)