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Drought killed 43,000 people in Somalia last year

Drought and hunger caused 43,000 excess deaths in Somalia last year, half of them children under five. Insecurity and the Ukraine war exacerbated the situation.

43,000 people died in Somalia last year due to drought and hunger.
Half of the dead were children under the age of five.
6.5m Somalis will face “crisis”, “emergency” or “catastrophe” levels of food insecurity between April and June.
Dry spells in the Horn of Africa are linked to La Niña, a temporary cooling in the Pacific Ocean.
Insecurity and high food prices due to the Ukraine war and al-Shabaab insurgency worsened the situation.

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