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Somalia's drought killed 43,000 last year, half under five - study

Published on: Monday 20 March 2023

Somalia's drought killed 43,000 last year, half under five - study By Giulia Paravicini NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia's ongoing record drought killed as many as 43,000 people last year, half of them children under 5, researchers said on Monday in the first attempt to estimate country-wide deaths. After five consecutive failed rainy seasons, half of Somalia's 17 million people are in urgent need of aid, the United Nations has said, although parts of the country


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