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This extract is from New Internationalist, by Sally Healy. Views expressed are the author’s own.
In a world of plenty, famine is a very serious thing. It shouldn’t happen in the 21st century, but it is happening in Somalia. In simple terms, famine is declared when there is evidence of acute malnutrition affecting more than 30 per cent of children. In some parts of Somalia, levels have reached 50 per cent.
Drought conditions tipped vulnerable people into the shocking predicament the world…
