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Evening Standard
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Emma Loffhagen

Somalia famine: what has caused the worst drought in 40 years and how to donate

Hawa Mohamed Isack at a water distribution point at Muuri camp

(Picture: Yasuyoshi Chiba/ Getty Images)

The UN has warned that “famine is at the door” in Somalia, as nearly seven million people face extreme hunger caused by the country’s worst drought in 40 years.

Four failed rainy seasons have destroyed food security across the country and forecasts predict that this cycle of rain is unlikely to bring the moisture needed to replenish farms and grazing land.

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