Somalia: Millions facing severe food shortages

There are fears that millions of people in Somalia are facing severe food shortages this year, with crop and vegetable production expected to fall by 80% this season. The NGO Save the Children says low rainfall and locust swarms are factors in the crisis, and warns that livestock sales, the basis of survival for many Somali families, are expected to fall by up to 55%.

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(Photo: The destruction left by floods in Beledweyne, Somalia, December 2019; Credit: LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)