Morning Briefing

"Outbreaks of measles and cholera are striking down Somali children already weakened by hunger, resulting in dozens of new fatalities," the Guardian reports (Rice, 8/13). According to the WHO, "181 people have died from suspected cholera cases in a single hospital in Mogadishu, and there have been several other confirmed cholera outbreaks across the country," the New York Times writes (Gettleman, 8/12). UNICEF spokesperson Marixie Mercado "said Friday that tens of thousands of children have died and countless more are particularly at risk of cholera and other diseases because of drought and violence in East Africa," the Associated Press/NPR notes (8/12).