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A U.S. aid official estimates the famine in Somalia has claimed the lives of 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the past three months. The Christian Post reports...
“The U.S. estimate is the first precise death toll from the crisis that has ravaged the Horn of Africa...Yesterday, the U.N. expanded the number of famine zones present in Somalia, bringing the number from 2 up to 5.”
Euronews reports-- the crisis is only expected to get worse.
“Officials estimate the entire south is likely to be declared a famine zone within the next six weeks. 100,000 have arrived in the capitol in the last two months alone.”
Conditions are so bad-- the U.S. has eased restrictions on aid groups trying to help people in areas under the control of militant group Al-Shabab.
But as MSNBC’s Kate Snow reports from Africa-- those regions may be too dangerous.
“The idea is to loosen the restrictions so that maybe they can get into Somalia. I'll tell you in practical terms, most of the large scale NGOs, Non-Governmental Organizations that you know, Care or the World Food Program, they are not feeling comfortable going into Somalia...”
And CNN’s Nima Elbagir adds-- even if the aid organizations can get to those suffering-- the groups are working with limited resources.
“Yesterday the UN announced that even here in Mogadishu where aid groups have been able to work there is a famine. They are calling the Somali capital a famine zone.... This is credibly heartbreaking here, Ali. They have told us they put out an appeal for $1 billion. They say that's what they need to try and make a difference to people here....”
The United Nations says more than three million Somalis are in need of immediate live-saving assistance.
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