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UN humanitarian chief says ‘famine at the door’ in Somalia

A Somali man carries a child as he and others who fled drought-stricken areas arrive at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia [File: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP]

The UN humanitarian chief has warned that parts of Somalia are on the brink of famine after being hit by four failed rainy seasons that have caused a devastating drought.

In a statement on Monday, Martin Griffiths, head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that “famine was at the door” and was likely to occur in south-central Somalia between October and December this year.

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