00:02Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, is warning of a deepening humanitarian crisis in Somalia
00:07where half of all children living in displacement sites and the Southwest are now suffering from acute malnutrition.
00:14The medical charity says prolonged drought, worsted food insecurity and shrinking humanitarian funding
00:21have pushed thousands of families to the brink.
00:23Recording stopped.
00:26It's not been an understatement when I say that severe humanitarian emergency is unfolding right now in Baiduwa
00:32sorry, and across the country.
00:36There's an ongoing drought that has been declared since last year.
00:40There's a severe shortage of water reported across many regions.
00:44Drop failure across multiple seasons.
00:48Loss of livelihood, loss of livestock, they have all been documented.
00:51If you look at this year, the first three months, there has been reported of over half a billion people
00:58have already been displaced.
01:00And this number is only increasing.
01:03Many of these displacements are driven by drought, 90%.
01:06And overwhelming 80% of these populations are mostly vulnerable women and children.
01:14The United Nations says more than 500,000 Somalis were displaced during the first three months of this year
01:20with drought responsible for nine out of ten displacements.
01:32Aid agencies warn that without increased international support, malnutrition and preventable deaths
01:38are likely to continue rising.
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