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"UN Declares Somali Famine Over but Warns of Risks" [1]

"NAIROBI, Kenya -- The United Nations said Friday that Somalia's famine is over, but the world body's Food and Agricultural Organization warned that continued assistance is needed to stop the region from slipping back."

"The world body moved the crisis from the top step of a five-point scale — based on the death rate — to the fourth step, formally reducing it from a "famine" to a "humanitarian emergency".

However, the U.N. said that 2.3 million people remain in a food crisis situation in Somalia and still need assistance. That represents 31 percent of the country's population. Across the Horn of Africa region the total is 9.5 million who need help."

The Associated Press had the story February 3, 2012.
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Disasters [3]
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Source: AP [2], 02/07/2012
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/un-declares-somali-famine-over-warns-risks
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/02/03/world/africa/AP-AF-Somalia.html
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/africa
[6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81