Famine risk threatens parts of Somalia for first time in 4 years - New York Post
NAIROBI, May 14 — Areas of southern Somalia are at risk of famine, two global food security monitors said on Thursday, with one district reaching a level of hunger not seen in the country since 2022. One of the world’s most food-insecure nations because of frequent drought, conflict and poverty, Somalia last experienced famine in 2011, when around 250,000 people died, and came close in 2017 and 2022. This time, global cuts to foreign aid and the impacts of the US-Israeli war on Iran are compl