Can Somalia avoid a famine? | Inside Story
Parts of Somalia will likely be in famine by the end of the year. That is the warning from the UN's humanitarian chief, who is calling for urgent assistance to avoid a catastrophe. 7.8 million people are going hungry because of severe drought, high food prices and political instability. Is there still time to prevent a crisis? And what is needed to break Somalia's cycle of aid dependency? Presenter: Laura Kyle Guests: Afyare Elmi – Executive Director, Heritage Institute for Policy Studies Michael Dunford – Regional Director for Eastern Africa, World Food Programme Nisar Majid – Research Associate, London School of Economics Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Somalia #Famine #Drought #SomaliaDrought #InsideStory
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