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Famine in East Africa - The struggle to survive # 18.10.2011 12 Uhr # Journal (englisch) # nicht im Mediacenter

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Michael BärOctober 18, 2011

Welcome back. Almost three months since the UN offically declared a famine had hit southern Somalia - the situation there remains grim in spite of international efforts to increase aid. The United Nations has described Somalia as facing the most severe humanitarian crisis in the world today. Much of east Africa is suffering from drought and crop failure right now - but it is especially Somalia's South that is in need of assistance - with millions there suffering from hunger. 750-thousand are at risk of dying in the coming months if no new efforts are launched to help them .

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