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Somalis suffering from climate crisis they did nothing to create - U.N. chief

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives for a news conference at the U.N. Base in Halane Mogadishu, Somalia April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Somalia is suffering from the impact of a climate crisis it has done almost nothing to create, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, as a full-blown famine threatens to follow a drought that killed 43,000 people last year.

Some 8.3 million Somalis, almost half the population, require urgent humanitarian assistance, Guterres said, adding that only 15% of the country's $2.6 billion aid requirement for this year has been met.

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