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The secretary general of the United Nations appealed for $825 million in aid to address drought and cholera in Somalia on the brink of famine. The money was needed to help 5.5 million people, about half of Somalia’s population, survive the next six months.

March 8th, 2017

330,000 acutely malnourished children
That number that could rise to a million; 3.3 million people in need of medical care to deal with diseases in a country that lacks health infrastructure;
7,731 cases of cholera — 183 fatal — in the past two months.

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The secretary general of the United Nations appealed for $825 million in aid to address drought and cholera in Somalia on the brink of famine. The money was needed to help 5.5 million people, about half of Somalia’s population, survive the next six months.

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