More than half of Somalia’s population faces starvation UN Humanitarian Chief

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In Somalia, which UN Humanitarian Chief O'Brien also visited, more than half the population - 6.2 million people - need humanitarian assistance and protection, including 2.9 million who are at risk of famine and require immediate help "to save or sustain their lives".

He warned that close to one million children under the age of five will be "acutely malnourished" this year.

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"What I saw and heard during my visit to Somalia was distressing - women and children walk for weeks in search of food and water. They have lost their livestock, water sources have dried up and they have nothing left to survive on," O'Brien said. "With everything lost, women, boys, girls and men now move to urban centres."

The humanitarian chief said current indicators mirror "the tragic picture of 2011 when Somalia last suffered a famine".

But he said the UN's humanitarian partners have a larger footprint, better controls on resources, and a stronger partnership with the new government which recently declared the drought a national disaster.

"To be clear, we can avert a famine," O'Brien said. "We're ready despite incredible risk and danger ... but we need those huge funds now."Al jazeera

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subxanllah.

but is somalia's population even 10 million? i have a feeling we are 15 - 20 million

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subxanllah.

but is somalia's population even 10 million? i have a feeling we are 15 - 20 million

1991 was 6 millions

of-course Now is more but they dont want the world knows that 10 million wants aids , it will be hard to collect the aid for them

6 is better then 10 !