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U.S., U.N. Food Agencies Downgrade Three Somalia Famine Zones To Emergency Status
U.S. and U.N. food agencies on Friday said three famine zones in Somalia had been downgraded to emergency status, as aid had reduced death rates, but "three other areas -- including the refugee communities of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu -- remain in the famine zone," the Associated Press/CBSNews reports. The agencies "warn[ed] that a quarter million Somalis face imminent starvation, and that military battles are preventing food deliveries," according to the AP (11/18). The U.N. Food Security Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) said in a statement, "Overall, food security outcomes remain the worst in the world, and the worst in Somalia since the 1991/92 famine," Agence France-Presse notes (11/18).
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