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Australians unaware of famine crisis

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child victim in Yemen Source: Save the Children

More than 20 million people in Africa are at risk of starving to death, yet two-thirds of Australians know very little about it. That's what an aid agency-commissioned poll has found, after people were asked about the worsening famine in East Africa. More in this interview with journalist Jamal Humad



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