Somali drought leaves two million facing severe shortages

By Mary Harper

The UN says more than two million people in Somalia are facing severe food and water shortages because of a rapidly worsening drought.

Water sources are drying up in what is the fourth consecutive season of poor rainfall.

About 100,000 people have fled their homes in search of food, water and pasture for their livestock.

The UN said it expected nearly eight million people to be without enough food next year.

There have been more than 30 years of continuous conflict in Somalia, which is also regularly hit by droughts, floods and locust swarms.

This article originally appeared in BBC News.

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