UN: Hunger crisis threatens half of Somalia’s young children

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Severe drought risks pushing nearly half of Somali children under five into acute malnutrition this year, with hundreds of thousands needing life-saving treatment, according to the United Nations, which called for urgent action.
The country is going through its worst drought in 40 years.
More than half a million farmers and herders have lost their crops and animals.

Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb’s reports from southern Somalia.

Source: aljazeera