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More than 10,000 people could soon die from famine every month in Somalia if a severe drought persists, according to UN aid agencies. The extensive drought affecting the Horn of Africa has already caused food shortages across south and central Somalia, as well as in neighboring Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. Around two million Somalis are affected by drought, and if it does not rain soon, then about 900,000 could be facing famine by September, the Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday. Graham Farmer, the FAO’s officer for Somalia, said “that would translate into 10,000 to 12,000 deaths per month”. “We’re not saying that that number of people will die. We are saying that is the risk that we are working against.”  

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