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Somalia appeals for funding to help 2.7m people facing acute food insecurity

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Women sit with their rations after receiving relief food in Dollow, nothern Somalia, on July 18, 2012. PHOTO | AFP 

By  Xinhua

News agency

Mogadishu,

Somalia on Monday appealed for the international community to provide sufficient and timely funding to help 2.7 million people facing food insecurity amid a severe drought in the country.

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