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Somalia - a country on the verge of famine
Hundreds of thousands of Somalis - many trapped by conflict - are facing the prospect of famine. Government officials say international aid needs to arrive immediately.
Hundreds of thousands of Somalis 鈥� many trapped by conflict 鈥� are facing the prospect of famine. Young children are dying in growing numbers and government officials have told the 麻豆社 that a far greater 鈥渃atastrophe鈥� could sweep across the country within days or weeks unless more international aid arrives immediately. The 麻豆社's Africa correspondent Andrew Harding covered Somalia鈥檚 last famine, in 2011. Now, for 5 Minutes On, he reports from Baidoa, a city now at the heart of the worst drought to hit the country for forty years.
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