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Dying of hunger: What is a famine?
Dying of hunger: What is a famine?

On Monday, the UN's humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned that Somalia was on the brink of famine for the second time in just over a decade. Griffiths, the head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said Monday that famine was likely in two areas of south-central Somalia, Baidoa and Burhakaba, between October and December.

Famine 'at the door' in Somalia: UN humanitarian chief
Famine 'at the door' in Somalia: UN humanitarian chief

The UN's humanitarian chief warned on Monday that drought-ravaged Somalia was on the brink of famine and time was running out to save lives. "Famine is at the door and we are receiving a final warning," Martin Griffiths, head of the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told a press conference in Mogadishu.