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Somalia: Humanitarian agency warns malnutrition

18 August 2026

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An international medical charity is warning that children in southwest Somalia face alarming food shortages. A survey by Doctors Without Borders found half the children screened were acutely malnourished and one quarter severely malnourished.

According to a survey by Doctors Without Borders, that was conducted over 800 households in 14 displacement sites in Baidoa, it found that over 200 families are surviving on just one meal a day.

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Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna

Producers: Keikantse Shumba and Ayuba Iliya

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