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February 16, 2022

Attacks in Mogadishu Kill at Least 5 People; U.N. Sounds Alarm on Hunger Crisis for Somali Children
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In Somalia, at least five people are dead, including two children, after
al-Shabab fighters attacked several police stations and security
checkpoints in the capital Mogadishu.

This comes as the U.N. is warning severe drought in Somalia is pushing
nearly half of all children under the age of 5 into acute malnutrition
this year. Hundreds of thousands need lifesaving treatment, according to
the U.N., which called for urgent action to prevent catastrophic famine.


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