A mother with her babies who are being treated for severe acute malnutrition in Mogadishu. Credit: Ed Ram/Getty Images
Somalia is on the brink of famine, and the United Nations is urgently appealing for more international aid to save thousands of lives. Over 700 children have already died at nutrition centres. Aid organisations say many more people have died in their parched communities, or during exhausting treks to get help.
Somalia is on the brink of famine, and the United Nations is urgently appealing for more international aid to save thousands of lives. Over 700 children have already died at nutrition centres. Aid organisations say many more people have died in their parched communities, or during exhausting treks to get help.
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