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Can famine be prevented in Somalia?

The Inside Story Podcast
The Inside Story Podcast
Episode • Sep 5, 2022 • 21m

Nearly eight million people are at risk of famine in Somalia because of severe drought, high food prices and political instability. Can this crisis be prevented? And what's needed to break Somalia's cycle of aid and dependency?

Join host Laura Kyle.

Guests:

Afyare Elmi - Executive Director, Heritage Institute for Policy Studies.

Michael Dunford - World Food Programme's regional director for Eastern Africa.

Nisar Majid - Research associate at the London School of Economics.

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