The Manila Times

UN releases $22M to fight famine in Somalia

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- million in a bid to prevent another -

- the last famine.

- saster last month as the number of people going hungry hit three mil

funds would go to helping rural - and wells dry up.

loan was “part of the efforts to avert a

lives and the livelihood­s of farmers and herders until additional funds amid pessimism from meteorolo time soon.

Somalia is among three nations on the verge of famine, along with Yemen and Nigeria.

total the disaster threatens the lives

that Somalia has been embroiled in dead.

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