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  • Mother stands holding her 12 month baby, in Daryel Shabellow IDP camp, Somalia.
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    Crisis in Somalia: Catastrophic hunger amid drought and conflict

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  • Open Letter to the Yemeni Parties to the Conflict from 141 NGOs Restore and Renew the Truce and Build Lasting Peace

    March 22, 2023
  • IRC: 43,000 feared dead as drought continues to ravage Somalia

    March 20, 2023
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    March 20, 2023
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  • Black Sea Grain Deal expiration on March 18 puts more than 40 million lives at risk in East Africa, warns the IRC

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