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Over 1.5 Million Somali Children to Suffer Acute Malnutrition, OCHA States

More than 1.5 million children in Somalia are expected to suffer acute malnutrition in 024.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced this on Sunday.

In the report issued over the weekend, OCHA cites a number of factors that will cause this.

Such factors include food insecurity and displacement. The global organization added that climate shocks and general insecurity would worsen the situation further.