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South Sudan Declares Famine in Unity State
UN says 100,000 people face starvation in world's first famine in six years.
UN says 100,000 people face starvation in world's first famine in six years; Influential Nigerian muslim leader links polygamy in poor families to terrorism; Benin's virtuoso guitar 'ninja'.
(Photo: Children wait with bags for food-drops from World Food Programme officials in Unity State in February 2015; Credit: Tony Karumba/AFP.)
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