According to the report issued on the 2nd of May 2013 by the United Nations Food Security Nutrition and Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET), the recent droughts in Somalia (2010-2012) claimed the lives of nearly 260,000 people, the majority being children under the age of five. Chris Hillbruner, a senior food security adviser at FEWSNET compared the number of fatalities in Somalia from children…
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