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Most Australians unaware 20 million people on brink of starvation

Caritas Australia CEO Paul O'Callaghan visiting a health clinic in Kenya's Kitui province
Caritas Australia CEO Paul O'Callaghan visiting a health clinic in Kenya's Kitui province Source: Mohamed Sheikh Nor

More than 20 million people in Africa are at risk of starving to death, yet two-thirds of Australians know very little about it. Image: Caritas Australia CEO Paul O'Callaghan visiting a health clinic in Kenya's Kitui province (Mohamed Sheikh Nor)


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More than 20 million people in Africa are at risk of starving to death, yet two-thirds of Australians know very little about it. Image: Caritas Australia CEO Paul O'Callaghan visiting a health clinic in Kenya's Kitui province (Mohamed Sheikh Nor)


That's what an aid agency-commissioned poll has found, after people were asked about the worsening famine in East Africa.

 

Some of the hardest-hit countries are South Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Yemen.

 


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