United Nations, United States, Jan 22, 2025 (AFP) - Nearly six million Somalis need aid this year: UN

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2025-01-23
Nearly six million people in Somalia, almost a third of the country's population, need humanitarian aid this year, the United Nations said Wednesday as it launched a $1.43 billion funding appeal. The Horn of Africa nation is one of the world's poorest, enduring decades of civil war, a bloody insurgency by the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab, and frequent climate disasters. "Somalia continues to face a complex, protracted humanitarian crisis," a state......
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