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A Somali woman holds her malnourished child inside the paediatric ward at the Baradere Hospital after fleeing from drought hit settlements near Baradere town, Gedo Region, Jubaland state, Somalia, March 13, 2022. Picture taken March 13, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Drought puts 1.4 M children at risk of malnutrition

Network Editor March 17, 2022 Food Security Cluster, NEWS Leave a comment 1,001 Views

MOGADISHU — Severely malnourished children shelter in the the Iftin Camp for internally displaced people outside of the town of Baradere in the Jubaland state of Somalia after fleeing from drought.

Somalia and the Horn of Africa face the driest conditions in more than 40 years, decimating crops and livestock. If the rains do not materialize, 1.4 million children under the age of five will reach acute malnourishment by the end of the year, the UN World Food Program warns.

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