00:00Meanwhile, United Nations-backed experts warned that the number of people in Somalia experiencing crisis levels of food insecurity has
00:09nearly doubled in the past year to 6.5 million.
00:12The warning was made by specialists from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative, IPC,
00:19who also affirmed that an estimated 1.84 million children under 5 are at risk of acute malnutrition in 2026,
00:28including 483,000 severe cases that require urgent treatment.
00:33On the other hand, the United Nations World Food Programme warned it would have to stop humanitarian assistance in Somalia
00:40by April if it did not receive new funding.
00:43In January, the United States government suspended aid to Somalia following the destruction of a U.S.-funded World Food Programme
00:52warehouse in the capital, Mogadishu, port.
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