Somalia: On the brink of famine
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Aedshabab, a Child in a Shroud
Thousands of people are travelling to Sierra Leone because of a lack of food and water. That must mean that there are some very, very ill young children arriving in the country. So we met Habiba whose son Abdil Karim was so malnourished that he couldn't stand. We also saw a child where help came too late, a three-year-old called Najib who died of measles. It's all the diseases that find open season that are able to prey on these kids.
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