Press Release - Three years since Somalia famine, aid agencies fear high risk of relapse

From Oxfam Horn, East and Central Africa Blog Thu Jul 24 2014, 07:54:01

It took 16 warnings for the international community to respond to the last catastrophe; lessons must be learnt from past to avert another crisis in the Horn of Africa. Nairobi, July 20, 2014. Three years ago today, a famine was declared in Somalia. During the famine, 260,000 lives were lost to hunger, malnutrition and disease. [...]

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