Four ways to avert catastrophe in Somalia

Last year, extraordinary prevention efforts by donors, the Government of Somalia and humanitarian partners helped stave off a famine.

Thanks to early funding, large-scale, sustained prevention efforts and better-than-expected seasonal rains, this year too, the risk of famine in Somalia has been reduced.

This year 5.4 million people still need humanitarian assistance, down from 6.2 million. But these recent gains are fragile and could easily be reversed without more help.

In Somalia there are still nearly half a million people just a step from starvation.

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