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Nicolas SPICER

Somalia: The curse of famine

REPORTERS © FRANCE 24

In the past few decades, Somalia’s droughts have increased both in intensity and in number due to climate change. It is now facing a famine that threatens the lives of millions of people, especially children. The United Nations says there are staggering levels of malnutrition among children under the age of five. The last major famine in Somalia, which dates to 2011, claimed 260,000 lives and remains vivid in locals' minds.

Our reporters Bastien Renouil and Nicolas Spicer went to Puntland, where rain has not fallen for two years now, and where people desperately await humanitarian aid.

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