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Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year

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A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children. It is the first official death toll announced in the drought withering large parts of the Horn of Africa.

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BBC News

Somalia drought may have killed 43,000 last year

Half of the deaths are thought to be in children, and many thousands more will die, a report says.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Somalia Drought Could Lead to 135 Deaths a Day: UN Study

Somalia was hit by a famine in 2011 which killed 260,000 people, more than half of them children under six, partly because the international community did not act fast enough, according to the UN

1 year ago·India

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The Guardian

Drought caused 43,000 ‘excess deaths’ in Somalia last year, half of them young children

New report uncovers tragic scale of climate-led crisis and forecasts up to 34,000 more deaths so far this year

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year: report

At least 18,000 people are forecast to die in the first six months of this year.

1 year ago·India

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CTV News

Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year

A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid Somalia's longest drought on record last year and half of them likely were children under 5 years old.

1 year ago·Canada

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