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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jack Denton and Omar Faruk

Somalia’s worst-ever drought leaves millions starving as Trump’s aid cuts and Iran war deepen hunger crisis

A devastating drought has left people living in Somalia starving - (Reuters)

Abdi Ahmed Farah, 70, has watched most of his hundreds of goats perish. For three years, steady rain has eluded his part of Somalia – a reality he never imagined possible.

Now, burdened by debt from buying water, his reservoir is almost empty. His family subsists on a single daily meal of rice with sugar and oil, while his youngest child, born just three weeks ago, receives only occasional drops of breast milk from his wife.

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