In Somalia a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding: 6 million people face acute food insecurity, among them are 1.4 million children. A famine could hit if aid agencies don’t receive urgent funding. After a devastating locust invasion, the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing drought, the war in Ukraine might be the latest blow to the already worrying situation in East Africa.

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