Somalia at ‘real risk of famine’ as Middle East war fallout continues

(UN News) At least six million people in Somalia are going days without enough food, UN aid teams warned on Friday, highlighting that nearly two million of this number are young children “at high risk of illness or death”. “The humanitarian context in Somalia is worsening faster than we originally projected and expected,” said George Conway, the UN’s top aid official in Somalia, a situation made worse by the unresolved conflict in the Middle East and the ongoing global supply chain crisis that has resulted. “Children are paying the highest price. Nearly two million young children are acutely malnourished, meaning they’re dangerously undernourished and physically weakened, placing them at high risk of illness or death,” Mr. Conway stressed. “Almost half a million are so severely malnourished that they require urgent treatment to survive”, the veteran humanitarian added. – Somalia at ‘real risk of famine’ as Middle East war fallout continues | UN News