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Somalia PM declares drought emergency

Somalia PM Mohamed Hussein Roble has declared a state of emergency as the country is parched by a worsening drought that, according to the UN, has displaced around 100,000 people

Somalia Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble declares a state of emergency over the country's worsening drought. More sports athletes vow to join Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed to the battlefront against TPLF and allies. Protests in Burkina Faso against French military presence in the country.

(Photo: Newly arrived children fleeing from the drought-affected areas in the Lower Shabelle Region draw on the sand at al-Adala Internally displaced people (IDP) Camp just outside of the Somali capital Mogadishu on May 15, 2019. Credit: ABDIRAZAK HUSSEIN FARAH/AFP via Getty Images)

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Wed 24 Nov 202115:06GMT

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