Famine in Somalia over emergency remains: UN

NAIROBI, Feb 3, 2012 (AFP) - Famine conditions have ended in war-torn Somalia six months after they were first declared, but the situation remains dire with nearly a third of the population needing emergency support, the UN said on Friday “The United Nations declares an end to famine conditions in Soma- lia,” the UN Somalia Food Security Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and the US famine warning network, known as FEWS NET, said in a statement.

This picture taken on August 29, 2011 shows a sick and malnourished child from southern Somalia on a hospital bed at the Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu.(afp)