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Famine Spreads in Somalia, U.N. Says

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The United Nations announced on Monday that Somalia’s famine had spread to a sixth area within the country, with officials warning that 750,000 people could die in the next few months unless aid efforts were scaled up.

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Transitional federal government soldiers try to keep the crowds calm just before a stampede erupted at the gates of a makeshift hospital in the Hawlwadag district, Mogadishu, Somalia, on Monday. The United Nations airlifted humanitarian aid on Monday to Mogadishu, for the first time since Islamist fighters withdrew from the city over the weekend, but a funding shortfall continued to cast a shadow over future operations. This was the first time in five years that UNHCR brought in aid via an air delivery. Photo: Antoine De Ras

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On Friday, Jonathan Rugman reported from Mogadishu for Channel 4 News on the thousands of refugees who have risked everything to escape famine in Somalia.

Read about UNICEF’s work in Somalia.

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East Africa Famine: How to Help
PHOTO: DADAAB, KENYA - JULY 22: A Somalian refugee holds his child outside his home on the edge of the Ifo refugee camp which makes up part of the giant Dadaab refugee settlement on July 22, 2011 in Dadaab, Kenya. Oli Scarff/Getty Images

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The slow-motion disaster of the food crisis in the Horn of Africa is truly horrifying. Last Wednesday the United Nations declared a famine in two large regions of Somalia; 3.7 million people, nearly half the country’s population, are affected. The crisis is larger than just Somalia. Right now the devastating drought in the region means that more than 11 million people need food aid across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. You can help by making a contribution through the Tumblr Dashboard or on the Somalia tag page, and we’ll match your support up to $10,000. Proceeds will go to the United Nations World Food Programme.