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March 22, 2017

Somalia: 5 Killed in Car Bombing; 26 Starve to Death Amid Risk of Widespread Famine
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In Somalia, at least five people have died after a car bomb exploded at
a security checkpoint near the presidential palace in the capital
Mogadishu. Ten more people were wounded in the blast. Meanwhile, Radio
Mogadishu is reporting at least 26 people have starved to death over the
last day and a half in the southern region of Jubaland amid a severe
drought. The United Nations is warning nearly 3 million people are at
risk of famine in Somalia.


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