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Race against time to avert famine in Somalia: UN agencies
The United Nations warned Monday of a race against time to prevent famine in Somalia, with more than 200,000 people on the brink of starvation amid a record-breaking drought. Some 7.1 million people - nearly half the population - were going hungry but the situation for 213,000 of the worst affected was catastrophic and urgent, a new assessment by UN agencies showed. Four consecutive rainy seasons have failed in the Horn of Africa, with a fifth expected on the way, causing the worst drought in 40 years and a major hunger crisis spanning Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. But the level of need in Somalia is so great - and so underfunded - that aid groups are dedicating what r

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