File copy: Somalis on queue for food

Some 110 people in southern Somalia have died within 48

hours from famine and diarrhoea, both resulting

from drought, the prime minister said on

Saturday.

“It is a difficult situation for the pastoralists and

their livestock. Some people have been hit by

famine and diarrhoea at the same time. In the last

48 hours 110 people died due to famine and

diarrhoea in Bay region,” Prime Minister Hassan

Ali Khaire’s office said.

“The Somali government will do its best, and we

urge all Somalis wherever they are to help and

save the dying Somalis,” he said.

In 2011, some 260,000 people starved to death in

Somalia due to famine

.(Reuters/NAN)