NAIROBI: US and UN food security agencies are downgrading the famine rating in three areas of Somalia, but the devastating famine classification still holds in three other areas and aid workers warn the crisis is far from over.
The agencies on Friday downgraded from famine to emergency status in three of six Somali regions but said that nearly a quarter million people still face imminent starvation.
Save the Children credited the international aid effort with helping reduce the famine, but said the crisis is far from over and warned of high mortality rates among children in Mogadishu.
The aid group Oxfam warned that conflict in Somalia continues to slow relief efforts and said international leaders need to refocus efforts on the hunger crisis.
