A Somali woman and her severely malnourished child wait for medical assistance from the African Union Mission in Somalia.United Nations:
The United Nations today declared a famine in two regions of southern Somalia owing to the worst drought in decades, and appealed for urgent resources to assist millions of people in desperate need of help.
“Every day of delay in assistance is literally a matter of life or death for children and their families in the famine-affected areas,” said Mark Bowden, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia.
It is the first time since 1991-92 that the UN has declared famine in a part of Somalia.
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