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As a severe drought deepens in Somalia, the risk of famine is looming in the long-troubled country, with about half the population in need of some form of assistance, according to an assessment by United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners.
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A group of women in Mogadishu, Somalia, after leaving Toro-Toro, 100 kilometres away, because of a lack of water and food. Photo: OCHA
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The Deputy President of Jubbaland Administration, Mohamud Sayyid Aden (middle), flanked by the German Deputy Ambassador to Somalia, Markus Bollmohr (2nd right), and the Director Rule of Law Security Institutions Group (ROLSIG), Staffan Tillander (3rd left), cuts the ribbon during the official opening of the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) centre in Kismaayo, Somalia, on 1 March 2017. UN Photo
Former Presidents of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (left) and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (right) stand side by side with the new president of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo at the inauguration ceremony in Mogadishu on 22 February 2017. UN Photo
The Jubbaland State President, Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe, flanked by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating (2nd from left), the Special Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira (left), and UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Andrew Gilmour, at a press conference in Kismaayo, Somalia, on 12 February 2017. UN Photo