Can Somalia avert another famine?
The Inside Story Podcast - En podcast av Al Jazeera
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Somalia is facing its worst drought in four decades. Aid agencies say only a tiny fraction of the funds needed for food assistance has been raised, while The United Nations is warning more than half of Somalia's people are at risk of severe hunger or starvation this year. So, can the country avert another famine? Join host Dareen Abughaida. With guests: Mursal Mohamed Khaliif - Minister of Planning & International Cooperation in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Jubaland. Hodan Ali - Nurse Practitioner and Senior Adviser to the Mayor of Mogadishu. Omar Mahmood - Senior Eastern Africa Analyst at the International Crisis Group.