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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Omar Faruk

Somali children are 'on the edge' as hunger spreads. UNICEF says Iran war has worsened the crisis

Somalia Hungry Children - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The sound of a crying child is a sign of hope in a crowded displacement camp in southern Somalia — the most malnourished children are too weak to even cry.

For the mothers in the Ladan camp in the town of Dollow, survival is the only thing on their minds — not the Iran war or how UNICEF gets the supplies to keep the place running. The displaced here have fled the drought that has ravaged swaths of this Horn of Africa nation after four failed rain seasons.

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