Doctors Without Borders: Malnutrition among arrivals at Dadaab refugee camp

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In an assessment on the outskirts of one of Dadaab’s camp sites, MSF teams found extremely high malnutrition rates among new arrivals, including:

  • 37.7 percent rate of global acute malnutrition
  • 17.5 percent rate of severe acute malnutrition
  • 43.3 percent of children aged five to 10 were…

Drought results in pre-famine conditions in Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa is in the midst of the worst drought in 60 years, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations warns. Nearly 10 million people are now affected 

A displaced Somali woman awaits humanitarian assistance from local residents in southern Mogadishu, Somalia. Photograph: Mustafa Abdi/AFP/Getty Images

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