Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centers, UNICEF said, after the body warned that parts of the country will be hit by famine in coming months.
GENEVA/MOGADISHU: Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the U.N. children's agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after the global body warned that parts of the country will be hit by famine in coming months. An official in one Somali region described famished people walking long distances with children on their shoulders to escape from drought
Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the UN children's agency said after it warned that parts of the country will be hit by famine in coming months.
Somalia is in the grips of a looming famine as more than 700 children died in nutrition centres between January and July this year, according to UNICEF.
Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the UN children s agency (UNICEF) said today, a day after the global body warned that parts of the country will be hit by famine.